§ Mr. Corrieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now make it his policy to answer questions about how much Government financial aid has been given to specific companies in Scotland since 1979.
§ Mr. LangA wide variety of aids are provided to companies by the Government and their agencies. It would not be practicable to publish information about Government financial aid to specific companies because of the confidentiality surrounding certain awards and the costs which would be incurred in bringing together the necessary information. Details of regional development grant payments and of regional selective assistance offers, above certain limits in both cases, are regularly published inBritish Business.
£000's Gwynedd area1 All Wales Category 1985–86 1986–87 1987–883 (Initial) 1985–86 1986–87 1987–883 (Initial) Housing 7,363 8,364 7,818 109,144 138,435 127,644 Urban Programme2 693 1,007 — 20,050 20,743 — Over £5 million road schemes 6,951 875 770 53,021 39,492 43,101 All other services (including PRNI/SP)4 7,539 11,182 13,341 70,432 108,729 144,711 1 County and district councils. 2 Allocations for 1987–88 have not yet been issued. 3 Issued to date. 4 Specific capital allocations for welsh local authorities are only made for housing, urban programme, road schemes costing over £5 million, projects of regional or national importance and special projects (PRNI/SP). A general capital allocation is made for all other services. It is based on a formula and allocations for particular services are not separately identifiable.