§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Industry what amount of grants have been made to industry; through the Industry Act, since January of this year.
§ Mr. HefferApproximately £90 million during the first six months of 1974.
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§ Mr. HefferRecords of expenditure on regional incentives are not kept for individual industries, and I regret therefore that this information is not available. Assistance given specifically to the textile industry was as follows:
£'000s 1969–70 5,063 1970–71 3,368 1971–72 3,162 1972–73 1,687 1973–74 1,758 These totals include grants to textile research associations, grants-in-aid to the Textile Council—1970–71—and Clothing Export Council—1969–70 and 1970–71—and loans—gross of repayments—from the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation in the years up to and including 1971–72.