§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details to the nearest convenient date of the value of job creation schemes adopted by individual Scottish regional and district councils.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that information is not readily available in the form requested, but that up to 27th May 1977, grants had been approved for Job Creation Programme projects sponsored by Scottish regional and district councils as follows:
Regional Council Area MSC Grant £ Dumfries and Galloway … … 602,270 Strathclyde … … 12,040,788 Borders … … 78,200 Central … … 501,798 Fife … … 1,786,282 Grampian … … 3,051,587 Highland … … 1,112,191 Lothian … … 3,167,426 Orkney … … — Shetland … … — Tayside … … 1,832,939 Western Isles … … 203,271