§ 61. Mr. Kaufmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the amounts paid in regional employment premium to, respectively, the shipbuilding and machine tool industries for each year since the inception of regional employment premium.
§ Mr. NottFigures are not available in the precise form requested. It is estimated that regional employment premium in respect of shipbuilding, ship repairing and marine engineering (minimum list heading 370) and in respect of metal-working machine tools (minimum list heading 332) for the years 1970–71 onwards was as follows (figures are not available for earlier years):
£ million Minimum List Heading Minimum List Heading 370 332 1970–71 7.5 0.7 1971–72 6.1 0.6