§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much he expects to be spent in the present financial year to assist the development of local enterprise companies in Scotland.
§ Mr. LangIt is not possible to identify separately the administrative costs incurred by the Scottish Office, Scottish Development Agency, Highlands and Islands Development Board and Training Agency in 1989–90 in relation to the development of local enterprise companies. The provision of development funding to local enterprise companies—in the lowlands to be made jointly by the Scottish Development Agency and Training Agency, and in the highlands and islands to be made jointly by the Highlands and Islands Development Board and Training Agency—is not likely to exceed £0.2 million in 1989–90.
§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland under which class of the Scottish Office vote moneys are to be paid out for the development of local enterprise companies.
§ Mr. LangThe provision of development funding to local enterprise companies in the lowlands will be made jointly by the Scottish Development Agency and Training430W Agency and in the Highlands and Islands by the Highlands and Islands Development Board and Training Agency. My right hon. and learned Friend funds the Scottish Development Agency and the Highlands and Islands Development Board from subheads A 1 and B1 respectively of class XVI, vote 3. Resources for the Training Agency's activities in Scotland are provided under class XVI, vote 4, subhead A1.