§ Mr. Bob Dunnasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether the Government intend that there should continue to be a bank holiday on the first Monday in May.
Scotland Wales North North west Yorkshire and Humberside South West East Midlands 1976–77 £ million 216 112 235 103 32 12 3 £ per head 41.5 40.4 75.2 15.7 6.6 2.8 0.8 1977–78 £ million 146 91 156 66 31 9 3 £ per head 28.1 32.9 50.0 10.2 6.4 2.1 0.7 1978–79 £ million 160 111 161 91 38 10 4 £ per head 30.8 40.1 52.0 13.9 7.9 2.3 1.1 1979–80 £ million 142 110 155 95 38 12 5 £ per head 27.6 39.5 50.2 14.7 7.7 2.9 1.4 1980–81 £ million 197 177 147 133 54 12 5 £ per head 38.2 63.6 47.7 20.6 11.0 2.9 1.2 Notes:
- 1. The main items included are Regional Development Grants, Selective Financial Assistance under Section 7 of the Industry Act 1972, and expenditure on land and factory buildings. Also included are assistance to tourism under the Development of Tourism Act, 1969, Local Employment Act assistance, Regional Employment Premium, Investment Grant differential (estimated), assistance by the Highland and Islands Development Baird, and the differential element in Small Firms Employment Subsidy. Payments to nationalised industries under these headings are also included.
- 2. The figures exclude some expenditure which cannot be broken down below the national level.
- 3. Expenditure per head is based on estimated population in each region.
- 4. Payments in the West Midlands have been excluded on de minimus grounds.