§ Mr. Trotterasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the total sum allocated from public funds to the shipbuilding industry since nationalisation, divided under appropriate headings and separating Harland & Wolff from British Shipbuilders.
BS H&W Private sector Total £ million £ million £ million £ million Harland and Wolff — 47 — 41 Intervention fund assistance and other grants 70 — 3 73 Public dividend capital 236 — — 236 Shipbuilders relief * * * 31 Cost escalation insurance * * * 2 389 * Division of costs between groups is not readily available. In addition, payments of £21 million have been made under the shipbuilding redundancy payment scheme. Interest support costs of £118 million have been paid in respect of loans advanced to United Kingdom shipowners under the shipbuilding home credit scheme.