§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the current level of unemployment in the Girvan, Ayr and Cumnock employment exchange areas and comparative figures for the same date in 1979, 1978 and 1977.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the table below.
Agency, neither he nor any Minister was able to pay a visit.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherEarlier this year I received a letter from the South Ayrshire Conservative and Unionist Association suggesting I pay a visit to the Stonefield factory, but I considered that in view of the delicate negotiations on the company's future then under way it would not be appropriate to do so at that time.
§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the total amount of public money invested in Stonefield Vehicles; and whether any part of the £120,000 put in by the Scottish Development Agency to match the amount supplied by Tozer, Kemsley and Millburn was actually expended to develop or market the vehicle.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherAccording to the agency's latest annual report, the total investment amounted to £4.74 million; the funds put in by Tozer, Kemsley and Millburn and the matching sums put in by the agency were used to enable the company to continue trading.