§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish estimates of investment in Scotland by the private manufacturing sector of industry in each of the years between 1960 and the nearest available date; and if he will express these figures as a percentage of the private sector's investment in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantThe available information is set out in the following table:
INVESTMENT IN SCOTLAND BY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY* Year £m. (at current prices) Percentage of United Kingdom 1960 94 9.2 1961 115 9.3 1962 115 9.8 1963 97 9.2 1964 103 8.5 1965 129 9.2 1966 156 10.4 1967† 135 9.2 1968† 165 10.0 1969 199 10.1 1970‡ 210 10.0 Notes: * The figures include expenditure by central Government and New Town corporations on the erection of factory buildings for lease to private firms; and also include investment by the iron and steel industry. † Prior to 1968 the 1958 SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) is used, and the 1968 SIC thereafter. ‡ The figures for 1970 are provisional estimates: percentage is based on the percentages of the preceding two years, and then applied to the United Kingdom total.