HC Deb 19 May 1989 vol 153 cc340-3W
Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total expenditure of the Scottish Development Agency to each of the parliamentary constituencies between 1979 and 1988, inclusive.

Mr. Lang

The information, which is available only from 1983–84, is as follows:

Constituency 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88
Cunninghame South 774 121 413 4,362 1,509
Dumbarton 663 294 332 190 354
Dumfries 618 691 1,874 278 1,792
Dundee East 1,110 1,371 1,103 744 722
Dundee West 4,646 3,016 4,313 4,454 4,891
Dunfermline East 1,042 595 1,938 2,877 495
Dunfermline West 376 114 183 243 324
East Kilbride 217 240 229 370 1,157
East Lothian 515 281 232 859 450
Eastwood 67 82 27 281 45
Edinburgh Central 111 191 427 242 1,115
Edinburgh East 540 166 622 54 785
Edinburgh Leith 2,940 3,009 2,145 1,713 1,444
Edinburgh Pentlands 41 197 711 51 174
Edinburgh South 18 226 76 23 128
Edinburgh West 534 144 549 197 101
Falkirk East 539 107 276 254 162
Falkirk West 584 1,307 1,518 957 505
Fife Central 506 283 260 483 1,098
Fife North East 241 329 262 169 417
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 185 1,007 346 239 156
Glasgow Cathcart 54 102 663 358 324
Glasgow Central 4,506 4,743 9,180 10,348 5,701
Glasgow Garscadden 993 460 82 237 147
Glasgow Govan 1,618 871 1,721 11,194 23,807
Glasgow Hillhead 278 478 1,084 2,030 1,506
Glasgow Maryhill 2,606 1,051 2,330 1,904 1,474
Glasgow Pollock 243 122 339 80 154
Glasgow Provan 5,632 9,228 3,524 628 1,568
Glasgow Rutherglen 1,976 1,149 887 998 1,858
Glasgow Shettleston 4,577 4,783 3,072 2,737 353
Glasgow Springburn 378 899 921 1,087 345
Gordon 76 1,359 440 164 629
Greenock and Port Glasgow 1,000 1,359 3,327 2,318 2,554
Hamilton 2,116 1,067 979 797 1,400
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 929 195 134 522 1,293
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 1,566 1,212 996 767 1,071
Kincardine and Deeside 50 30 72 152 116
Kirkcaldy 578 338 1,375 136 1,021
Linlithgow 1,552 1,954 3,537 4,277 1,692
Livingston 990 202 1,848 1,707 1,683
Midlothian 649 973 480 481 253
Monklands East 3,033 3,322 4,075 1,908 1,735
Monklands West 941 1,727 1,338 551 297
Moray 196 215 119 83 162
Motherwell North 4,102 3,826 2,519 3,028 2,156
Motherwell South 2,372 1,517 2,817 2,206 1,442
North Tayside 89 184 152 97 307
Orkney and Shetland 32 138 681 91 83
Paisley North 2,117 1,363 620 1,000 1,067
Paisley South 12 251 355 86 224
Perth and Kinross 503 131 536 318 324
Renfrew West and Inverclyde 1,226 2,453 1,451 1,318 787
Ross, Cromarty and Skye 622 316 132 1,231 25
Roxburgh and Berwickshire 572 228 177 254 495
Stirling 4,263 937 640 422 1,285
Strathkelvin and Bearsden 660 172 76 133 375
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 2,051 731 433 1,163 422
Western Isles 15 26 43 2 12

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total expenditure of the Scottish Development Agency at constant factor prices for each of the years 1979 to 1988 inclusive.

Mr. Lang

The information at 1988–89 prices is set out in the table:

£ million
1979–80 151.6
1980–81 154.8
1981–82 140.9
1982–83 165.4

£ million
1983–84 149.4
1984–85 144.7
1985–86 152.6
1986–87 147.4
1987–88 145.2
1988–89 1142.7
1 Provisional.

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total expenditure at constant factor prices on each of the functional divisions of the Scottish Development Agency in each of the years 1979 to 1988, inclusive.

Mr. Lang

Because of changes in agency structure over the years, it is not possible to provide information on expenditure by each functional division of the agency on a consistent basis.

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give an estimate of the total amount of industrial factory space owned by the Scottish Development Agency on the latest date for which the information is available.

Mr. Lang

It is estimated that at 31 March 1989 the Scottish Development Agency owned 1.62 million square metres of property.

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give an estimate of the total amount of industrial space owned by the Scottish Development Agency which is occupied on the latest date for which information is available.

Mr. Lang

It is estimated that at 31 March 1989, 1.313 million square metres of property owned by the Scottish Development Agency was occupied.