§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was(a) the amount of regional selective assistance recovered from Scottish companies and (b) the number of companies involved for each financial year since 1979–80; [25348]
(2) if he will list for each financial year since 1979–80 those Scottish companies where regional selective assistance was recovered because of the original terms of the offer not being met. [25349]
§ Mr. KynochRecovery figures are given in the table for all assisted projects in Scotland. Details of grant recoveries from individual companies are commercially confidential and are not divulged.
Financial year Amount recovered £000 Number of companies 1989–90 or earlier 67 4 1990–91 1,106 10 1991–92 557 7 1992–93 491 4 1993–94 1,817 12 1994–95 866 7