§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money has been spent by each local enterprise company on road improvement programmes; how much has been spent on improvements to roundabouts; and how many roundabouts have been involved.
§ Mr. StewartMany of the local enterprise companies are likely to have been involved in road improvements where this has been an integral part of preparing and developing sites for industry; and some have been involved in the improvement of roundabouts either in this context, as part of their wider environmental and economic development responsibilities, or both.
Under the arrangements whereby responsibility for expenditure up to certain levels has been delegated to Scottish Enterprise and the local enterprise companies, the Scottish Office does not hold comprehensive details of 319W activity and expenditure by local enterprise companies on the many specific projects in which they are involved. I have however asked the chairman of Scottish Enterprise to write to the hon. Member with relevant details held by the core body. If, however, the hon. Member is seeking information on a particular project, he may wish to write to the chairman of the local enterprise company concerned.