§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the sums his Department has paid out for each financial year since 1979–80 to companies establishing in Scotland; if he will indicate the number and names of companies involved; and what proportion this represented of the total awards made under regional selective assistance. [1716]
§ Mr. Kynoch[holding answer 23 November 1995]: Data are not collected in precisely this form. Data are, however, collected on regional selective assistance offered to overseas-owned firms—this will include some overseas-owned firms reinvesting in their existing operations in Scotland and will not include firms owned elsewhere in the United Kingdom which are starting or reinvesting operations in Scotland. Details on individual firms are affected by commercial confidentiality but the other data which the hon. Member seeks are given, for overseas-owned firms, in the table:
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Year Number of offers accepted Of which overseas owned firms Value of offers accepted (£ million) Of which overseas owned firms Percentage of offers to overseas owned firms by value 1987–88 192 24 56.2 30.5 54 1988–89 195 25 49.8 14.5 29 1989–90 234 36 76.3 32.2 42 1990–91 195 36 173.5 119.9 69 1991–92 160 27 52.3 13.8 26 1992–93 198 41 72.3 36.2 50 1993–94 238 56 126.8 68.1 54 1994–95 246 58 113.0 73.8 65 This table refers to the year in which an offer was originally accepted.
Year of initial offer Number of offers Of which number accepted 1979–80 199 191 1980–81 177 164 1981–82 134 127 1982–83 243 221 1983–84 167 158 1984–85 242 230 1985–86 119 113 1986–87 156 148 1987–88 200 186 1988–89 221 207 1989–90 243 228 1990–91 214 202 1991–92 170 157 1992–93 214 199 1993–94 259 243 1994–95 246 238 Notes:
- 1. This table refers to the year in which an initial offer was made. Its subsequent acceptance may have taken place in a subsequent year.
- 2. In the most recent years, some offers are still outstanding and have not yet been accepted or declined by the company.