§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Industry what are the consequences for the cash limits set for expenditure by his Department in 1976–77 of the decision to set up a new counselling service for small firms.
§ Mr. VarleyThis service will involve extra expenditure estimated at £0.1 million in 1976–77. As the decision to provide the service was made after the 1976–77 Estimates and the related cash limits had been drawn up, they did not include any allowance for this expenditure and the limit on Block DI2 is adjusted accordingly. The increase is within the planned total of expenditure for 1976–77
MANUFACTURING UNITS BY EMPLOYMENT SIZE BY SUB-DIVISION Employment Size Group South Cheshire and High Peak South Lancashire Manchester Mersey-side Furness Fylde Lancaster Mid-Lanes North East Lanes 11–19 (a) 138 108 992 369 13 88 20 72 217 (b) 1,973 1,553 14,248 5,204 174 1,210 292 1,003 3,079 20–99 (a) 290 265 1,853 619 25 125 38 125 430 (b) 13,551 12,125 79,795 26,558 1,179 5,550 1,748 4,989 20,693 100–199 (a) 69 61 402 153 8 22 14 38 128 (b) 9,497 8,750 56,007 21,724 1,042 3,103 1,892 5,221 18,221 (a) Number of units.
(b) Employment.
54Was set out in Cmnd 6393 and reflects changes in public expenditure programmes given in Treasury evidence to the Select Committee on Expenditure (H.C.461-i). Estimates provision is sought in the Summer Supplementary Estimates published on Friday 9th July 1976.