§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will provide figures on an annual basis for the grants provided from (a) national and (b) EEC funds for airport development in respect of each United Kingdom airport which has received such grant.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe figures for the last four years are as follows: 431W
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 £ £ £ £ National Funds Birmingham 740,593 6,082,833 9,594,911 4,664,000 Edinburgh — 1,111,150 — — Aberdeen 31,239 — — 15,869 Inverness — 3,000 — — Kirkwall — 3,000 — — Belfast (Aldergrove) 780,752 3,887,376 — — EEC funds Teesside — — — 90,000 Newcastle — 1,292,365 841,531 33,654 Liverpool — — 495,408 446,068 Manchester 1,803,423 — — 806,277 Newquay — — 14,535 — Leeds/Bradford — — 486,225 129,660 Humberside — — 61,200 — Dundee — 160,950 — — Inverness 3,000 2,000 — — Belfast (Aldergrove) 3,750,386 — 2,862,596 933,452 The grant to Birmingham airport was made under the terms of the 1960 Airport Municipalisation Agreement, now expired. The grants in respect of Edinburgh and Aberdeen airports were made under the terms of Agreements for the transfer of these airports to the British Airports Authority.
1980 1981† 1921† 1983 Number of offence* Report received by Department 1,022,000 1,170,000 1,257,000 1,185,000 Prosecutions 135,000 117,000 103,000 158,000 In addition to those prosecuted, 307,000 offenders over the four-year period agreed to settle out of court by payment of a penalty. Notes: * About one-third of the reports alleging evasion of Vehicle Excise Duty received by my Department prove on investigation to be cases where no evasion took place or where little or no backduty could be claimed. The figures for reports received also include an average of 75,000 Scottish cases per annum where prosecution was not possible because the report was signed by only one witness. † Enforcement performance in 1981 and 1982 was affected by industrial action in 1981.