HC Deb 12 May 1988 vol 133 cc203-4W
Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish the total grants made under the Northern Ireland business sponsorship incentive scheme in each financial year since its inception and the total related business sponsorship for the same years.

Dr. Mawhinney

The business sponsorship incentive scheme was introduced in Northern Ireland in August

Persons serving life/pleasure released on licence since 1980
Life SOSP
Year Loyalist Republican Others Loyalist Republican Others Totals
1980 1 1 2
1981 1 1 1 1 4
1982 1 5 1 7
1983 1 1 2 4
1984 2 2

1987. Grants paid out under the scheme in the 1987–88 financial year totalled £73,023. The related business sponsorship amounted to £115,362.