§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the total amounts of grants paid to industry in each of the scheduled development areas of the United Kingdom under
Investment Grants paid under the Industrial Development Act, 1966 Grants offered per head insured employees L.E.A. Grants offered Insured employees (mid 1969) L.E.A. Grants Investment Grants Financial Years 1966–71 Development areas £ million ('000) £ £ Northern … … … 49.4 228 1,357 36 168 Merseyside … … … 24.9 188.5 805 31 234 South-West … … … 3.6 14.5 136 26 107 Wales … … … 20.8 128.5 631 33 204 Scotland … … … 42.2 232.5 1,938 22 120 NOTES:
A breakdown of payments under the Local Employment Acts by development area is not readily available. The investment grant figures are on the same basis as in Table 6 of the Annual Report on investment grants for the year ending 31st March, 1970. Both the L.E.A. and investment grant figures include provisional totals for the year ending 31st March, 1971.
The Question refers to the working age group in each area, which includes males between the ages of 15 and 64 years and females between the ages of 15 and 59 years. This breakdown is not available and the figures given refer to insured employees, i.e. including males and females from the age of 15 onwards.