§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list those firms in the Ormskirk constituency and the Knowsley industrial estate that have received assistance under sections 7 and 8 of the Industry Act 1972 since 1974 and indicate the amount received by each firm and for what purpose.
§ Mr. David MitchellLists of individual firms receiving selective assistance are published quarterly inTrade and Industry in accordance with arrangements announced in the House on 31 July 1974. The lists exclude cases where assistance is below the prescribed minima; where no payment has so far been made; or where the offer was made before 31 July 1974.
100WThe following offers under section 7 to firms in respect of projects in the Ormskirk constituency had been published under these arrangements up to 31 January 1979:
Name of Firm and Value of Offer Lowes Ltd. 7,350 Fruit Packers and Distributors 50,000 Yorkshire Imperial Metals Ltd. 162,000 Williams Harvey 0 Concrete Utilities Ltd. 16,800 Landon Kingsway Ltd. 25,526 Sensing Devices Ltd. 5,000 Cross International A. G. 57,600 Washbourn and Garrett Ltd. 768 Dubilier Electronics Ltd. 747,442 Prorec Ltd. 7,650 Kirkby Manufacturing and Engineering 3,900,000 Downland Bedding Co. Ltd. 18,750 Dubilier Electronics Ltd. 58,800 Norman Simmons and Co. 1,200 A. Kinnings and Sons Ltd. 4,680 Rentokil Group Ltd. 42,075 W. Pendleton and Sons Ltd. 7,200 Pendltons Sweets Ltd. 14,000 Garrick Eng. Co. Ltd. 3,655 Clayton Commercials Ltd. 6,650 Harris Engineering Ltd. 24,284 F. D. Centre (UK) Ltd. 137,062 L. Greenberg & Son Ltd. 24,000 Westbrook (Liverpool) Ltd. 70,200 Excelare Engineering Co. Ltd. 5,718 Tanglin Packaging Ltd. 1,350 Carousel Meat Packers Ltd. 150,000 Bell Sons and Co. (Druggists) 19,710 Yorkshire Imperial Metals Ltd. 6,720 Sensing Devices Ltd. 9,878 Birds Eye Foods Ltd. 674,000 Yardley Plastics Ltd. 14,490 Newage Kitchens (Holdings) Ltd. 138,000 Norman Olverson (Scarisbrick) 5,325 K.M.E. 860,000 Aughton Automation Ltd. 4,488 Garrick Eng. Co. Ltd. 9,250 Cavenham Confectionery Ltd. 119,700 Sannop Ltd. 24,000 No offers have been made under industry and investment schemes authorised by section 8 in respect of projects in the Ormskirk constituency. I regret that the information on projects on the Knowsley industrial estate is not readily available.