§ Miss Harvie Andersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland for each of the 10 most recent years for which figures are available, what were Scotland's share of total fixed investment and the shares of nationalised industries and private sector industry in Scotland, respectively.
§ Mr. William RossInformation on total capital expenditure in Scotland is not available. The following tables show Scotland's share of United Kingdom fixed capital formation for the nationalised industries—excluding steel—and capital expenditure by manufacturing industry for the latest periods available.
Nationalised Industries (excluding steel)—Fixed Capital Formation Scotland as a percentage of United Kingdom 1964–65 8.6 1965–66 8.5 1966–67 8.1 1967–68 8.4 1968–69 8.8 1969–70 10.3 1970–71 10.5 1971–72 11.3 1972–73 12.1
Capital expenditure by manufacturing establishments† Scotland as a percentage of United Kingdom 1963 9.1 1964 8.4 1965 9.1 1966 10.3 1967 9.1 1968 10.4 1969 10.6 1970 10.4 1971 7.9 1972 8.1* * Provisional. † Including capital expenditure by nationalised establishments.