HC Deb 12 July 1974 vol 876 c595W
Mr. Skeet

asked 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 Mackenzie

Records 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