§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing expenditure on regional preferential assistance to industry in Scotland for each year from 1974 to the most recently available date in cash and constant prices.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested is given in the table:
Gross expenditure on regional preferential assistance Cash prices Constant 1988–89 prices £ million £ million 1974–75 143.5 556.4 1975–76 226.0 709.4 1976–77 212.8 589.3 1977–78 142.7 347.2 1978–79 156.5 344.0 1979–80 140.8 265.0 1980–81 198.1 315.0 1981–82 234.5 339.6 1982–83 369.4 499.0 1983–84 228.6 295.0 1984–85 187.2 230.2 1985–86 197.0 229.9 1986–87 242.4 273.6 1987–88 153.2 164.1 1988–89 151.2 151.2 1989–90 144.6 135.8 Note: Includes gross expenditure in Scotland on regional selective assistance, regional development grants, regional enterprise grants, Scottish Development Agency and Highlands and Islands Development Board expenditure on grants and land and factory building. The figures also include a number of forms of assistance in the years up to 1982 which have been discontinued.