§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cost of the report by the Monitor Group into the future of the electronics sector in Scotland by the Monitor Group; if the report will be made public; and what action Scottish Enterprise has taken following the report.
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§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 26 January 1994]: The report was prepared by the monitor group as part of a wider task to develop, with the Scottish electronics forum, a strategy for the electronics sector in Scotland. The total cost of that work was £480,000.
The text of the report has not yet been published since Scottish Enterprise does not consider the report on its own to be fully representative of all the associated work undertaken to develop the wider strategic approach. But I understand that its plans to pull this wider range of material together with the report itself, with a view to publication.
It is for Scottish Enterprise to decide how the work it commissioned from the monitor group should be taken forward; and I understand it is considering, with the Scottish Electronics forum, how that might best be done. Scottish Enterprise is willing to provide further details about the current position, or to meet the hon. Member to discuss the matter further, if that would be helpful. I have therefore written to the chairman of Scottish Enterprise asking him to write direct to the hon. Member about this matter.