§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the total value of grants made by the Scottish Development Agency to companies or projects in Scotland in each year since 1979 in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms on 1987–88 prices.
§ Mr. Rifkind[pursuant to his reply, 6 July 1987, c. 33]: The information is as follows:
Year £ million value in cash terms £ million value in real terms on 1987–88 prices 1979–80 0.1 0.17 1980–81 0.1 0.14 1981–82 0.6 0.80 1982–83 0.7 0.87 1983–84 5.5 6.50 1984–85 10.6 12.10 1985–86 10.7 11.51 1986–87 19.9 20.79 The figures contain expenditure under the agency's recognised grant schemes such as the development of rural area workshops. programme for rural initiatives and developments and the local enterprise grants for urban projects and also include development grants to, for example enterprise trusts, the training and employment grant scheme and better business services scheme.