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Mr. Nellist

asked 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. Ancram

The 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.

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.