HC Deb 19 January 1976 vol 903 cc372-5W
Mr. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the number of projects submitted by each local authority in Scotland under the job creation programme showing the value of each project and the number of jobs and their duration in each case and indicating which have been approved, which have been rejected and which are still under consideration, respectively.

Mr. John Fraser

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that tables 1a and 1b below give an analysis of project applications up to 9th December 1975, the latest date for which information is available in the form requested.

Table 2 gives details of projects sponsored by local authorities in Scotland which have been approved between 9th December 1975 and 9th January 1976.

TABLE 1(A)
SCOTLAND EAST AND NORTH
Projects approved Still under consideration Projects approved and started
Sponsors Number applications received Number approved Number of jobs Cost to MSC Refer back Awaiting Action Committee Awaiting Central Unit Number rejected or withdrawn Number started Number of jobs
Glenrothes Development Corporation … 2 2 35 26,495 — — — — 2 35
Dunfermline District Council … 1 — — — — — — 1 — —
Dunfermline District Council … 5 2 25 16,371 — — — 3 2 25
Fife Regional Council … 15 6 132 196,295 2 — — 7 4 100
N.E. Fife District Council … 4 2 20 15,192 — — — 2 2 20
Edinburgh District Council … 10 6 88 59,861 2 — — 2 4 52
Kirkcaldy District Council … 4 4 57 51,417 — — — — 4 57
East Lothian District Council … 1 — — — — — — 1 — —
Tayside Regional Council … 4 2 40 15,589 — — 1 1 — —
Midlothian District Council … 2 2 20 22,262 — — — — — —
Lothian Regional Council … 5 2 33 18,303 — — — 3 — —
Stirling District Council … … 1 1 10 8,045 — — — — — —
Dundee District Council… … 5 5 60 34,657 — — — — — —
Western Isles Islands Council … 1 — — — — 1 — — — —
Stornoway Education Department … 1 — — — — 1 — — — —

TABLE 1(B)
SCOTLAND WEST AREA
Projects approved Projects started
Local Authorities Number applications received Number approved Number of jobs Cost to MSC Number of projects still under consideration Number rejected or withdrawn Number started Number of jobs
Strathclyde Regional Council … … … 20 18 290 292,855.94 2 — — —
City of Glasgow District Council … … … 15 14 166 111,455.19 — 1 1 4
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council … 4 4 27 18,747.92 — — 3 22
Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council … 1 — — — 1 — — —
Cunninghame District Council … … … 3 1 4 2,636.40 2 — — —
Hamilton District Council … … … … 4 2 27 24,906.42 2 — — —
Lanark District Council … … … 1 — — — 1 — — —
Monklands District Council … … … 7 7 119 70,103.83 — — — —
Motherwell District Council … … … 8 6 83 41,735.72 1 1 — —
Nithsdale District Council … … … 1 1 5 5,389.02 — — — —
Renfrew District Council … … … 4 — — — 4 — — —
Strathkelvin District Council … … … 9 — — — 9 — — —

TABLE 2
LOCAL AUTHORITY SPONSORED PROJECTS APPROVED IN SCOTLAND:

9TH DECEMBER 1975–9TH JANUARY 1976
Sponsor Number of projects approved Number of jobs Number of man-weels Total MSC grant (E)
Tayside Regional Council … … … 1 11 122 4,233
Dundee District Council … … … 4 33 614 20,496
Western Isles Islands Councils … … … 4 47 619 26,329
Lothian Regional Council … … … 3 30 715 23,521
East Lothian District Council … … … 2 22 370 15,103
Caithness District Council … … … 2 10 120 3,846
Edinburgh District Council … … … 1 9 234 10,192
Glasgow District Council … … … 2 30 390 15,495
Cunninghouse District Council … … … 2 6 140 3,549
Hamilton District Council … … … 3 50 1,096 38,976
Renfrew District Council … … … 5 46 842 38,870
Strathclyde Regional Council … … … 2 15 390 13,907
Cumbernauld Development Corporation … 1 20 280 8,164
Strathkelvin District Council … … … 5 52 864 40,228
Inverclyde District Council … … … 1 8 128 5,310
Clydebank District Council … … … 1 2 48 2,292