§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Industry what assistance has been given to Crompton Parkinson Vidor Ltd. at its Newton Aycliffe plant.
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§ Mr. MacGregorAs published in the 21–28 December 1979 issue ofBritish Business—then known as Trade & Industry—Crompton Parkinson were offered on 22 December 1978 an interest relief grant of £120,400 under section 7 of the Industry Act, 1972 for an investment project at Newton Aycliffe.
In 1980–81 the company also received regional development grants totalling £81,493 under part II of the Industry Act, 1972. Details of these payments were published during that period in British Business.