§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Minister of Technology what proportion of the £555.7 million worth of purchases made by him in the financial year 1965–66 was made in Scotland and in each of the other development areas.
§ Mr. Dell£555.7 million relates to expenditure and cannot readily be analysed in the way requested. Of the £512.4 million of contracts placed in 1965–66, 2.6 per cent. was in Scotland and 1.1 per cent. in other development districts. An analysis is not available by individual development districts or by the individual development areas introduced in August, 1966.