§ Sir Anthony Meyerasked the Secretary of State for Industry what have been the United Kingdom's receipts under each head of expenditure by the European Coal and Steel Community in each year since 1973; and if he will provide a regional breakdown for total receipts under each expenditure head where this is appropriate.
§ Mr. ButcherUnited Kingdom allocations of ECSC loans and grants are shown below. Regional figures are not available where allocations are made at national levels: 187W
United Kingdom allocations of ECSC loans and grants £ million Article 54 Industry loans Article 56 Reconversion loans* Interest rebates Housing loans† Article 55 R & D grants Article 56 Readaptation grants‡ 1973 — — — 0.6 0.5 0.3 1974 48 15 0.9 1.6 1.7 1.2 1975 150 31 2.3 2.2 2.1 5.8 1976 346 9 1.6 1.0 3.6 4.8 1977 134 1 0.6 2.0 5.5 5.8 1978 187 83 5.5 1.5 5.6 6.6 1979 151 59 6.2 2.7 3.8 16.3 1980 150 92 8.6 1.3 6.7 23.1 1981 30 92 9.7 1.3 5.7 41.7 1982 68 51 7.2 1.8 5.8 61.2 Notes * Reconversion loans are given to projects employing redundant coal and steel workers. † Steel housing loan programmes averaged over each year covered. ‡ Readaptation grants are given to ECSC workers made redundant by closures.
Regional breakdown of ECSC loans and grants 1973–1982 £ million Readaptation grants (steel only) Reconversion loans Steel industry loans East Midlands 7 10 — West Midlands 14 3 13 North 12 30 194 North West 8 13 2 South East 9 — 1 Yorkshire and Humberside 33 2 110 Scotland 7 55 77 Wales 44 221 78