§ Mr. Heseltineasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he has received and if he will publish the Memorandum
GOVERNMENT APPLICATIONS FOR EEC FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BSC Category of assistance and location or activity Application made before 28th February 1974 Application made after 28th February 1974 Result £m. £m. 1. Reconversion loans— Expansion at Ravenscraig 14.8 — Agreed £ £ 2. Grants for industry studies carried out by BSC— (i) Use of redundant blast furnace for treatment of urban refuse 9,000 — Agreed (ii) Assessment of training courses for redundant steel workers 10,000 — Agreed (iii) Training manual preparation 2,000 — Agreed 3. Readaptation benefits for workers made redundant by curtailment of activity at BSC plants— (i) Colsterworth 50,000 — Agreed (ii) Scunthorpe 700,000 — Agreed (iii) Cookley — 30,750 Agreed (iv) Shotton — 21,000 Agreed (v) Stanton — 289,500 Agreed (vi) Harlaxton and Woolsthorpe — 18,250 Agreed (vii) Cargo Fleet — 50,000 Agreed (viii) Irlam — 736,000 Agreed (ix) Workington — 101,200 Agreed (x) Whitehead — 38,100 Under consideration In addition to these applications by my Department on behalf of the British Steel Corporation, applications for loans from the ECSC and the EIB, and for ECSC research grants, are also made directly by the corporation.