§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new projects applied for Scottish Development Agency funding in each year since 1979; and how many were successful.
§ Mr. Rifkind[pursuant to his reply, 16 February 1987, c. 458]: The only information which is continuously 567W available since 1979 relates to applications for agency investments, excluding small business division investments. The information is as set out in the table.
Applications received Applications approved 1979–80 138 20 1980–81 157 14 1981–82 118 24 1982–83 183 36 1983–84 219 44 1984–85 221 35 1985–86 199 33 11986–87 236 25 1 To 1 March 1987. From 1983–84 onwards information is also available for small business division investments and for other recognised schemes of assistance, such as local enterprise grants for urban projects. Details for all recognised schemes, including investments, are given in the table.
Applications received Applications approved 1983–84 1,323 337 1984–85 959 240 1985–86 1,043 295 11986–87 1,101 286 1 To 1 March 1987. Applications not approved include applications withdrawn by the applicant, applications for which finance is raised privately, applications not meeting the criteria for the scheme in question and applications rejected on commercial grounds.