§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the level of financial support given to date, including the cost of preparing the site, to the Health Care International proposed hospital at Clydebank.
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§ Mr. LangFinancial support levels are negotiated with individual companies on a commercially confidential basis. Expenditure to date in direct support of this project has been confined to assistance with feasibility studies, funded through the Scottish Development Agency. The cost of site works cannot be regarded as specific to this project, since these would have had to be undertaken in any event, for environmental and safety reasons.
§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many Scottish Development Association staff are currently employed in dealing with the Health Care International proposed hospital at Clydebank.
§ Mr. LangNo Scottish Development Agency staff are currently or have ever been employed full time in dealing with the Health Care International project. In view of the major investment and employment potential of the project, a number of people in the agency have dealt with aspects of the project as the need arose.
§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to announce that financial backing has been secured for the proposed Health Care International hospital at Clydebank.
§ Mr. LangNo date has yet been set for an announcement. The funding of the project is in any event a matter dealt with by the company's financial advisers.