HC Deb 15 February 1988 vol 127 cc483-4W
Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total expenditure on regional aid to industry in(a) Dundee and (b) Tayside in each differing catagory of aid in each financial year since 1978–79, both at current and outturn prices.

Mr. Lang [holding answer 8 February 1988]: Total payments of regional selective assistance (RSA) under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 to firms in Dundee city and Tayside 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 (RDG2) to firms in Dundee city and Tayside region 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. The total of such payments to firms in the Dundee EOA (which approximates to Dundee city local authority district) and the Arbroath, Blairgowrie, Brechin, Dundee, Forfar, Montrose and Perth EOAs (which approximate to Tayside region) are give in table 3.

Table 1 Payments of RSA (£ million)
Dundee city Tayside region
Year Current prices Constant(1986–87) prices Current prices Constant (1986–87) prices
1978–79 0.3 0.6 0.7 1.4
1979–80 0.7 1.1 0.9 1.5
1980–81 1.2 1.6 1.5 2.1
1981–82 1.4 1.8 1.6 2.1
1982–83 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.7
1983–84 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.8
1984–85 2.5 2.7 3.0 3.3
1985–86 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4
1986–87 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.9
Table 2 Revised RDG payments (£ million)
Dundee city Tayside region
Year Current prices Constant(1986–87) prices Current prices Constant (1986–87) prices
1984–85 — — — —
1985–86 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.7
1986–87 2.3 2.3 3.1 3.1
Table 3 Payments of old RDG (£ million)
Dundee EOA EOAs lying wholly or mainly in Tayside Region
Year Current prices Constant(1986–87) prices Current prices Constant (1986–87) prices
1978–79 1.0 2.0 2.2 4.2
1979–80 1.2 1.9 1.8 3.1
1980–81 1.4 1.9 2.7 3.8
1981–82 1.8 2.3 3.6 4.7
1982–83 2.8 3.3 3.6 4.3
1983–84 4.3 4.9 4.7 5.3
1984–85 5.5 6.0 6.1 6.6
1985–86 3.4 3.5 3.9 4.0
1986–87 4.4 4.4 5.1 5.1