§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is, in money terms and as a percentage of the Northern Ireland Office's budget, the amount of support given to Harland and Wolff for each year since 1979.
§ Dr. BoysonThe following table sets out the payments made to Harland and Wolff plc under the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 each year since 1979–80 and the percentage which that assistance represents of the total Northern Ireland public expenditure programme for those years:
£ million Percentage 1979–80 22.5 0.9 1980–81 41.2 1.4 1981–82 40.1 1.3 1982–83 46.2 1.3 1983–84 40.0 1.1 1984–85 37.5 *0.9 * Estimate.