HC Deb 07 February 1978 vol 943 cc478-83W
Mr. Hicks

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was, for each year since the implementation of the Industry Act 1972, the average amount of regional and selective financial assistance paid per head of population to each special development are and intermediate area, and for the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. Cryer

Assistance under Section 7 and 8 of the Industry Act 1972 has been offered as follows:

1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 £ per head of population 1977–78 (nine months)
SDA DA IA SDA DA IA SDA DA IA SDA DA IA SDA DA IA SDA DA IA
ENGLAND
Northern 0.5 0.3 — 4.6 1.6 — 2.7 2.4 — 3.5 1.4 — 9.6 5.8 — 7.1 5.6 —
North-West 0.5 — 0.1 3.5 — 1.5 9.0 — 1.1 3.8 — 4.3 7.8 — 4.0 6.6 — 1.9
Yorkshire/ Humberside — — 0.1 — 0.1 1.8 — — 2.6 — 0.2 4.7 — 0.3 6.4 — 2.2 2.4
South-West — 1.0 0.1 — 0.5 1.0 — 2.9 0.5 — 1.7 0.6 — 7.1 6.8 — 5.0 0.5
East Midlands — — 0.6 — — 0.4 — — 0.9 — — 2.6 — — 2.7 — — 2.5
West Midlands — — — — — — — — — — — 0.3 — — 0.6 — — 1.8
Scotland 1.1 0.3 0.8 2.3 2.5 0.2 5.5 4.6 0.2 3.8 5.9 — 6.9 6.2 — 2.6 2.7 0.4
Wales 1.3 0.3 — 2.7 6.7 1.7 9.9 1.9 2.8 12.4 5.9 4.4 10.7 1.7 1.7 3.8 1.7 2.0
Great Britain 0.8 0.4 0.1 2.7 4.0 1.5 5.8 3.4 1.7 4.7 4.4 4.1 8.3 4.9 4.8 5.0 3.2 2.1

Mr Hicks

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the total amount of grant aid and loans made to industry in the South-West development area, South-West assisted area, and the United

1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 (to 31st December 1977)
South-West Development Area
Part I:
Payments of regional development grant
0.1 2.0 4.4 4.2 4.7 4.5
Part II:
Section 7:
Offers of regional selective assistance:
Loans 0.5 0.2 1.3 0.4 2.9 1.5
Grants 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.7
Section 8:
Offers of selective financial assistance:
Loans — — — — — —
Grants — — — — 0.1 0.3
Part III:
Assistance to shipbuilding industry—Grants
0.4 0.5 0.2 0.1 — —
TOTAL 1.1 2.8 6.0 5.1 8.3 7.0
South-West Assisted Area
Part I:
Payments of regional development grant 0.1 2.2 5.0 4.7 5.2 4.6
Part II:
Section 7:
Offers of regional selective assistance:
Loans 0.5 0.3 1.3 0.4 3.0 1.5
Grants 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.4 0.9
Section 8:
>Offers of selective financial assistance:
Loans — — — — — —
Grants — — — — 1.6 0.3
Part III:
Assistance to shipbuilding industry—Grants 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.1 — —
TOTAL 1.1 3.3 6.7 5.8 11.2 7.3

The figures for the South-West assisted area, of course, include those for the

1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 (to 31st December 1977)
United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland)
Part I:
Payments of regional development grants 8.0 107.2 212.7 324.9 407.8 190.6
Part II:
Section 7:
Offers of regional selective assistance:
Loans 8.3 29.5 36.4 28.1 18.7 8.1
Grants 1.2 28.8 36.4 43.7 69.9 46.1

Kingdom for each year since the implementation of the Industry Act 1972.

Mr. Cryer

Assistance has been made available under the Industry Act 1972 as follows:

South-West development area.

1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 (to 31st December 1977)
United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland)
Section 8:
Offers of selective financial assistance:
Loans — — — 4.9 0.8 —
Grants — 0.1 7.7 31.3 102.8 49.8
Part III:
Assistance to shipbuilding industry—grants 12.0 18.0 12.0 4.2 1.0 0.4
TOTAL 29.5 183.6 183.6 437.1 601.0 295.0

These statistics exclude the special assistance to the shipbuilding industry under Section 7 and other exceptional assistance under Section 8 details of which are given in the Annual Reports on the Industry Act 1972.