§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will tabulate for each year since 1964 the total value of regional aid paid to firms operating in the South-West Development Area and Plymouth intermediate areas. The table below shows the different types of aid, and showing the total for each year as a percentage 539W of total regional aid for the whole of Great Britain in that year.
§ Mr. Gregor MackenzieThe information requested is not available in precisely the form requested since records of
SOUTH-WEST DEVELOPMENT AREA—REGIONAL PREFERENTIAL ASSISTANCE £ million 1964–65* 1965–66* 1966–67* 1967–68 1968–69 LEA Assistance 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.6 1.7 IG Differential — — — 1.0 2.0 Regional Employment Premium — — — 0.4 1.7 SET Additional Payment — — — — 0.5 Regional Development Grant — — — — — Selective Financial Assistance — — — — — DEm Assistance to Industrial Training (excluding Government Training Centres) — — — — 0.1 Total 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 6.0 Percentage of Great Britain Total 3.7 3.4 2.2 1.3 2.2
£ million 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 LEA Assistance 1.1 2.3 2.9 1.2 0.8 IG Differential 2.1 3.1 1.9 1.1 0.5 Regional Employment Premium 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0 SET Additional Payment 0.6 0.2 — — — Regional Development Grant — — — 0.1 2.2 Selective Financial Assistance — — — 0.5 0.2 DEm Assistance to Industrial Training (excluding Government Training Centres) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 Total 6.0 8.0 7.0 5.0 6.0 Percentage of Great Britain Total 1.9 2.6 2.6 1.9 1.7 All expenditure is gross. No account has been taken of the differential value of tax allowances which were available at various time during the period. * Figures relate to development districts.