§ Mr. Ingramasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of companies in the East Kilbride constituency which have received regional development grants in each year since 1984.
§ Mr. LangThe number of companies receiving approvals of new regional development grant in the East. Kilbride parliamentary constituency is given below:
Year Number 1985 27 1986 82 19871 58 1 to end of June Information on the number of companies receiving old regional development grant is not available.
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§ Mr. Ingramasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total level of grant given to companies within the East Kilbride constituency under the regional development grant system in each year since 1984.
§ Mr. LangTotal payments under the new regional development grant scheme to firms in the East Kilbride parliamentary constituency are as follows:
Year £ million 1985 0.3 1986 1.0 19871 0.6 1 to end of June. Information on payments by constituency is not available for the old regional development grant scheme. However, payments of old RDG of over £25,000 to individual businesses in the East Kilbride employment office area are as follows:
Year £ million 1985 4.1 1986 10.3 19871 0.5 1 to end of June.
§ Mr. Ingramasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, by constituency, the total number of jobs involved in all applications under the regional development grant system in each year since 1984.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested for new regional development grant is given in the table. The old regional development grant scheme was not linked directly to job creation.
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Jobs associated with applications for new regional development grant Parliamentary constituency Year of application 1985 1986 11987 Angus East 330 190 130 Ayr 30 10 * Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 380 360 90 Clydebank and Milngavie 530 660 470 Clydesdale 460 480 280 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1,240 680 650 Cunninghame (North) 650 560 400 Cunninghame (South) 1,370 870 500 Dumbarton 110 880 170 Dundee East 290 610 70 Dundee West 580 820 420 East Kilbride 790 830 630 Eastwood 230 210 160 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale * * * Glasgow Cathcart 220 100 190 Glasgow Central 930 1,580 830 Glasgow Garscadden 50 210 50 Glasgow Govan 220 470 240 Glasgow Hillhead 2,160 2,410 630 Glasgow Maryhill 360 460 190 Glasgow Pollock 140 210 60 Glasgow Provan 240 150 80 Glasgow Rutherglen 100 420 270 Glasgow Shettleston 340 930 250 Glasgow Springburn 80 440 80 Greenock and Port Glasgow 210 550 120 Hamilton 930 600 210 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 400 550 350 Linlithgow 380 220 140 Livingston 1,630 1,140 550 Monklands East 670 480 160 Monklands West 490 410 70 Motherwell North 340 1,140 270
Parliamentary constituency Year of application 1985 1986 11987 Motherwell South 360 570 700 North East Fife * * * Paisley North 870 770 540 Paisley South 40 10 330 Renfrew West and Inverclyde 250 750 180 Stirling * 10 10 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 220 360 370 1 To end of June. Notes:
(1) Some applications were received from firms in non-assisted areas.
(2) An asterisk denotes a figure which cannot be given in order to avoid disclosing information relating to individual businesses.
(3) The figures do not include additional jobs which may arise as a result of applications for capital grant not linked directly to job creation.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list at 1987 prices spending on (a) regional development grants and (b) regional selective assistance since 1979.
§ Mr. LangGross expenditure on regional selective assistance (section 7) and regional development grant between 1979–80 and 1986–87 at 1986–87 prices are estimated at £252 million and £1,365 million respectively.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been spent on (a) RDG and (b) RSA in 1986–87 and so far in 1987–88.
§ Mr. LangGross expenditure on regional development grant and regional selective assistance under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 in 1986–87 and the first half of 1987–88 is as follows:
£ million 1986–87 11987–88 Regional Development Grant 170 33 Regional Selective Assistance 35 13 1 April to September.