Development Area Factories (Machinery Grant)

HC Deb 29 January 1969 vol 776 c335W

60. Mr. Brewis

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the average delay last year between the instalment of machinery in a factory in a development area and the payment of the machinery grant.

Mr. Dell

The average interval between expenditure incurred by the applicant and payment of grant was and still is about 12 months.