§ Mr. Ingramasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the average waiting time from the date of application for regional development grants to date of approval or rejection by constituency.
§ Mr. LangThe numbers of applications from companies which have been rejected in each calendar year since 1984 are as follows:
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Deaths with any mention of hypothermia, by age group and month, Scotland 1981 to 1987 Under 25 25 to 34 34 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 to 84 85+ Total 1981 January 5 — 1 3 5 10 18 11 53 February — — — 1 3 10 10 5 29 March 1 — — 1 4 6 10 2 24 April — — — — 3 5 4 1 13 May — — — 1 — 1 4 1 7 June 1 — — — 1 — 3 4 9 July — — — — — — 1 — 1 August — — — — — 1 — — 1 September — — — — — 2 1 — 3 October — — — 1 2 5 5 5 18 November — — — 2 — 3 4 2 11 December 1 5 1 5 8 22 27 16 85 Total 8 5 2 14 26 65 87 47 254 1982 January 1 1 1 2 6 21 26 12 70 February — — — — 3 4 14 5 26 March — 1 — 2 1 3 5 7 19 April — — — 1 — 1 2 1 5 May — 1 — 1 2 4 — 2 10 June 1 — — — 1 2 3 2 9 July — — — — — 1 — — 1 August — — — — 1 1 — 1 3 September — — — — — — 1 — 1 October — — — — 1 2 1 — 4 November — — — 1 1 3 6 — 11 December — — 2 — 2 10 15 8 37 Total 2 3 3 7 18 52 73 38 196 1983 January 2 1 1 1 5 5 4 7 26 February 1 — — 5 — 7 16 9 38 March — — — — 4 4 5 5 18 April — — 1 2 1 4 7 4 19 May — — — — — — 3 4 7 June — — — 2 1 — 2 3 8 July — 1 — — 1 — — 1 3 August — — — — — — 1 2 3 September — — — 1 — 4 5 — 10
1984 1985 1986 1987 RDG I n/a n/a n/a n/a RDG II 1 Nil 9 19 32 1 No applications submitted
§ Mr. Ingramasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of companies in the East Kilbride constituency which have been unsuccessful in their application for regional deveopment grants in each year since 1984.
§ Mr. LangI regret the information is not readily available on a constituency basis; however, the average processing time in Scotland for application for regional development grants is currently 16 weeks.