§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Industry if officials of his 14W
Derelict Land (Figures at 1st April 1974) Total Dereliction District Hectares Amber Valley1 … 398 Bolsover1 … 181 Derby … 96 Erewash … 124 South Derbyshire2 … 59 West Derbyshire … 325 Derbyshire (total)3 … 1797 Ashfield1 … 102 Bassetlaw1 … 208 Broxtowe1 … 59 Gedling … 37 Mansfield … 85 Newark2 … 184 Nottingham … 101 Rushcliffe … 71 Nottinghamshire (total) … 847 Newcastle under Lyme2 … 273 Stafford2 … 173 Staffordshire Moorlands … 195 Stoke-on-Trent … 517 Staffordshire (total)3 … 1934 NOTES
1 Part only of the district has DLCA status; the remainder is an intermediate area and is thus also eligible for 100 per cent. grants for approved derelict land clearance schemes.
2 Part only of the district has DLCA status; the remainder is a non-assisted Area.
3 Includes those districts—not listed—no part of which has DLCA status.
Department are authorised, when considering requests from manufacturers for loans from public funds, to make approval conditional upon the purchase of machine tools or other equipment of British origin rather than from other EEC countries.
§ Mr. CryerNo. The choice of equipment most suitable for a project's success, and hence to achieve the purposes for which assistance in any form is provided, lies with the applicant company. British suppliers have a full and fair opportunity to meet orders arising from assisted projects, and in general secure some 75 per cent, of such orders.