§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the level of capital investment by manufacturing firms by local authority region and for Scotland over the last three years.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 27 June 1994]: The information is set out in the following table. Figures are provided from the last three years for which information is available:
£ million Region 1991 1990 1989 Borders 10.9 173.3 16.2 Central 292.4 220.7 185.3 Dumfries and Galloway 31.8 30.5 33.0 Fife 72.7 90.8 87.2 Grampian 105.2 106.6 91.0 Highland 25.2 29.6 23.1 Lothian 177.3 165.9 200.1 Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles 3.0 2.2 3.9 Strathclyde 417.0 521.1 522.0 Tayside 69.9 106.3 70.5 Scottish total 1,205.5 1,291.0 1,232.2 Source: Annual Census of Production 1989–1991.
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