§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a precise breakdown, in the format used by the right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Hurd), Official Report, Monday 4 June for similar statistics for England and Wales, of the nature of charges brought in Scotland in connection with the miners' dispute and of the number of arrests made in connection with the miners' dispute where no charge has subsequently been brought; and if he will give this information (a) by police force area and (b) by occupation of person arrested for the period 14 March to 14 June, inclusive.
§ Mr. AncramThe information available in relation to the period between 14 March and 14 June inclusive is given in the table. The police have charged all the persons arrested and, in each case, reports have been, or will be, made to procurators fiscal.
section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982. Aggregate figures are provided for each of the special development areas in Scotland; details of individual projects are held in confidence, apart from the limited details published quarterly in British Business. The estimates for jobs relate to jobs associated with assisted projects and agreed at time of offer; they include both new and safeguarded jobs.
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Offers made in period 1 April 1981 to 31 March 1984 Travel to Work Area Number of Projects Total Project Costs (£m) Associated Employment Arbroath 6 9.1 316 Ayr 16 88.3 1,475 Cumnock 4 3.8 224 Dumbarton 5 17.6 658 Dundee 36 45.6 2,713 Glasgow 151 344.0 11,690 Greenock 15 204.6 1,763 Irvine 27 89.6 2,799 Kilmarnock 14 6.7 554 Lanark 8 8.0 414 North Lanarkshire 50 108.9 3,640 Paisley 23 36.6 1,485 Sanquhar Nil Nil Nil Employment Office Area Glenrothes 26 135.7 4,188 Livingston 25 87.3 2,825 Notes:
The Glenrothes and Livingston new towns are special development areas within employment office areas, the remaining parts of which have development area status. Since information specifically for the new towns could not be given without disproportionate effort, the figures shown relate to the Glenrothes and Livingston employment office areas as a whole.