§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the extent of Government aid and grants to the iron and steel castings industry, excluding remissions of tax, over each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Gregor MackenzieRecords of expenditure on investment grants and under regional assistance schemes are not kept on an industry basis. Grants towards the financing of the two research associations which serve the ferrous castings industries were as follows:
Year Iron Castings R&D Steel Castings R&D £000's £000's 1964–65 74.000 37.500 1965–66 75.424 37.182 1966–67 83.104 50.545 1967–68 99.433 49.968 1968–69 89.573 49.062 1969–70 100.405 67.376 1970–71 113.057 78.845 1971–72 100.629 80.679 1972–73 129.781 66.043 1973–74 140.000 73.626