Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects the independent report on the Foyle system, which resulted from the investigation by two Canadian experts 18 months ago, to be available.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesI understand that the Foyle Fisheries Commission expects to receive this report in April 1975.
£ million 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 Northern Development Area … 10 10 12 49 77 South-West Development Area … 1 1 1 2 6 Merseyside Development Area … 5 5 9 29 52 Scottish Development Area … 10 11 16 52 94 Welsh Development Area … 1 2 7 22 42 Intermediate Areas … … — — — — — Great Britain* … … … 27 29 45 154 273 £ million 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 Northern Development Area … 89 90 81 71 92 South-West Development Area … 6 8 7 5 6 Merseyside Development Area … 60 60 57 41 53 Scottish Development Area … 99 98 83 95 109 Welsh Development Area … 44 48 42 40 55 Intermediate Areas … … 1 3 5 5 25 Great Britain* … … … 303 311 275 256 348 * All expenditure is gross and the totals include some small items which cannot be broken down by area. The boundaries of the assisted areas have altered over ten-year period.