§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish estimates of investment in each United Kingdom planning region by private manufacturing industry in each of the years between 1963 and the nearest avail- 692W able date, using 1963 prices; and if he will expressible the Scottish figures as a percentage of the United Kingdom total.
§ Sir G. HoweDetails of investment by all regions are not available for each year, but figures for Scotland up to 1970 and for all United Kingdom regions in 1970 are set out in the following tables:
FIXED CAPITAL EXPENTITURE BY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY* 1963 prices 1. United Kingdom and Scotland United Kingdom Total Scotland† Scotland as percentage of United Kingdom Total £m. £m. 1963 1,083 97 9.0 1964 1,229 101 8.2 1965 1,347 121 9.0 1966 1,376 140 10.2 1967 1,339 121 9.0 1968 1,425 142 10.0 1969 1,519 165 10.9 1970 1,629 169‡ 10.4 1971 1,514 n.a. 1972 1,363 n.a.
2. United Kingdom by regions 1970‡ £m. England: North 149 Yorkshire and Humberside 176 East Midlands 88 East Anglia 32 South East 350 SouthWest 68 West Midlands 164 NorthWest 238 Total 1,265 Wales 153 Scotland 169 Northern Ireland 42 United Kingdom 1,629 * Including publicly-owned manufacturing industry. † The coverage of the Scottish figure is slightly different from those of the United Kingdom as a whole but it is not thought likely to affect the percentage significantly. ‡ Figures include acquisitions less disposals of existing land and buildings, not usually included in capital expenditure figures. For United Kingdom manufacturing as a whole they happen exactly to offset each other but they could affect the individual regions' figures.