§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Industry what has been the total of public financial assistance given to Burroughs, in Glenrothes, Fife, from 1969 to the end of the financial year 1981–82.
§ Mr. MacGregorIt is not the practice to disclose details of financial assistance given to individual companies other than in accordance with the arrangements announced by the then Secretary of State for Industry on 31 July 1974.
Since October 1974 details of regional development grant payments to Burroughs Machines Ltd. in Glenrothes, Fife totalling £372,000 have been published in British Business (formerly Trade and Industry). No payments under section 7 and 8 of the Industry Act (1972) have been made to the company at Glenrothes.