§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give(a) the total number of applications received for investment grants from 1 April to the most recent date for which figures are available, (b) the total number of applications approved, (c) the total amount of expenditure involved and (d) the total estimated expenditure planned for that period and the estimated expenditure for 1989–90 and 1990–91;
(2) if he will give (a) the total number of applications received for innovation grants from 1 April to the most recent date for which figures are available, (b) the total number of applications approved, (c) the total amount of expenditure involved and (d) the total estimated expenditure planned for that period and estimated expenditure for 1989–90 and 1990–91.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested is as follows for the period 1 April to 31 October.
Regional Enterprise Grants (i) Investment grants Number of applications received: 182 Number of applications approved: 84 Value of applications approved: £527.7 thousand (ii) Innovation grants Number of applications received: 46 Number of offers applications approved: 11 Value of applications approved: £260.6 thousand The provision for regional enterprise grants for the financial year 1988–89 is £1.6 million. The provision for regional assistance for 1989–90 and 1990–91 will be announced by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland in his December statement. Figures for individual programmes will be published in the Scottish Commentary in February 1989.