§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what was(a) the expenditure on regional assistance, (b) the number of offers and (c) the associated numbers of (i) new jobs and (ii) safeguarded jobs for each assisted area in Scotland for the most recent available year;
(2) if he will give the expenditure on regional development grants in each of the assisted travel-to-work areas in Scotland for the latest available year
(3) if he will give (a)the expenditure on regional enterprise grants and (b)the number of offers in each assisted travel-to-work area in Scotland for the latest available year.
§ Mr. StewartInformation is given in the table.
§ Mr. StewartInformation in the form requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. In the period 1 April 1984 to 30 June 1992, over 11,000 projects in Scotland have benefited from regional assistance grant offers. Details, including the level of grant, the company name and the location of the project, of projects assisted 1013W by regional development grant or regional selective assistance, where the grant exceeds certain values, are published quarterly in "Department of Employment Gazette"—tables 9.6 and 9.8. Similar details were published in "British Business" until this publication ceased in September 1989. Copies of both publications are in the Library. Details of projects receiving regional enterprise grants are not published.