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Mr. Wm. Ross
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects the independent report on the Foyle system, which resulted from the investigation by two Canadian experts 18 months ago, to be available.
Mr. Merlyn Rees
I understand that the Foyle Fisheries Commission expects to receive this report in April 1975.
| £ million | ||||||||
| 1964–65 | 1965–66 | 1966–67 | 1967–68 | 1968–69 | ||||
| Northern Development Area | … | 10 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 77 | ||
| South-West Development Area | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Merseyside Development Area | … | 5 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 52 | ||
| Scottish Development Area | … | 10 | 11 | 16 | 52 | 94 | ||
| Welsh Development Area | … | 1 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 42 | ||
| Intermediate Areas | … | … | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Great Britain* | … | … | … | 27 | 29 | 45 | 154 | 273 |
| £ million | ||||||||
| 1969–70 | 1970–71 | 1971–72 | 1972–73 | 1973–74 | ||||
| Northern Development Area | … | 89 | 90 | 81 | 71 | 92 | ||
| South-West Development Area | … | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Merseyside Development Area | … | 60 | 60 | 57 | 41 | 53 | ||
| Scottish Development Area | … | 99 | 98 | 83 | 95 | 109 | ||
| Welsh Development Area | … | 44 | 48 | 42 | 40 | 55 | ||
| Intermediate Areas | … | … | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 25 | |
| Great Britain* | … | … | … | 303 | 311 | 275 | 256 | 348 |
| * All expenditure is gross and the totals include some small items which cannot be broken down by area. The boundaries of the assisted areas have altered over ten-year period. | ||||||||