§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the President of the Board of Trade what has been the total amount of investment of the nationalised industries, Scottish companies, and United States firms, in Scotland, since 1945.
§ Mr. DellPartial information, available only from 1951 onwards, is set out in the table below:
FIXED INVESTMENT IN SCOTLAND £ million Year Manufacturing establishments † Nationalised industries ‡ 1951 … 38 — 1954 … 40 — 1955 … 52 — 1956 … 73 — 1957 … 67 — 1958 … 72 — 1959 … 73 95 1960 … 94 93 1961 … 115 93 1962 … 115 86 1963 … 90*§ 96 1964 … 92* 100 1965 … 115* 107 1966 … 145* 116 1967 … 127* 127 * Provisional estimate. † Including iron and steel. ‡ The estimates for nationalised industries are for financial years most closely corresponding to the calendar years. § Included in this figure is the capital expenditure by subsidiaries of United States companies (as identified at the beginning of 1968) employing 25 or more persons estimated to have amounted to £8. 7 million.