§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total expenditure on regional aid to industries in(a) Greenock and Port Glasgow and (b) Strathclyde in each category of aid in each financial year since 1978–79, both at current and outturn prices.
§ Mr. LangTotal payments of regional selective assistance under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 to firms in the Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency and Strathclyde region are set out in table 1 at both current (synonymous with outturn) and constant (1986–87) prices. Total payments under the revised regional development grant scheme are set out in table 2.
Information on the old RDG scheme is available only by local employment office area (EOA) for payments exceeding £25,000 to individual firms in any quarter. Payments to firms in the Greenock and Port Glasgow EOAs (which approximate to the Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency) and in those EOAs which approximate to Strathclyde region are given in table 3.