§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Industry what sums have been expended in Scotland, England and Wales on regional aid in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Gregor MackenzieThe table below shows the amount spent on regional preferential assistance in each of the last five financial years :
mail-sorting equipment bought by the Post Office over the last five years which is not yet in use ; and why it is not in use.
§ Mr. Gregor Mackenzie£3 million. £1 million represents the cost of equipment awaiting installation ; the remaining £2 million is the cost of equipment installed but not yet in use pending agreement between the Post Office and the Union of Post Office Workers on a resumption of the mechanisation programme.