asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will categorise the various forms of selective financial assistance available to industry through his Department; and if he will show how much has been paid out under each scheme each year since 1974 (a) by industry and (b) by region.

The following tables show offers and payments of regional selective financial assistance under Section 7, and through sectoral industry schemes, the accelerated projects scheme and the selective investment scheme under Section 8 of the Industry Act 1972. Except for the accelerated projects and selective investment schemes, where information is provided up to 30th April 1978, the other information is drawn from available statistics and covering the period 1974–77. Payments are shown on a cumulative basis since the breakdown by calendar years could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list all payments made or commitments entered into under Section 8 of the Industry Act 1972 in the year 1977 giving the dates relevant thereto.

I do not propose to list each of over a 1,000 projects for which offers or payments were made under Section 8. Details of each offer are published in "Trade and Industry", in accordance with arrangements announced on 31st July 1974, and progress reports on each scheme are contained in the annual reports on the Industry Act 1972. The following list shows the total amounts offered and paid under Section 8 schemes in 1977–78. In addition, £15·5 million was paid to Chrysler (UK) Limited under the agreement of 15th January 1976, and £0·5 million assistance was provided to Meriden Motorcycles Limited.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he proposes to attach conditions of compliance with any future policy on industrial democracy to offers of selective financial assistance under the Industry Act 1972.

There is no such proposal at present under discussion.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry in what circumstances his Department is requiring undertakings to comply with future as yet undecided phases of pay policy from applicants for selective financial assistance under the Industry Act 1972.

My Department does not require undertakings to comply with future pay policy from applicants for selective financial assistance under the Industry Act 1972, but offer letters reserve the right to refuse payments if at the time for payment pay policy has not been complied with—as announced to the House in White Paper Cmnd. 6151.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will give guidance to companies about the level of pay settlements in the autumn of the current year which might disqualify them from receiving payments of offers now being made of selective financial assistance under the Industry Act 1972.

Discussions about the possible shape of the next pay round are still at an early stage. It is too soon to say what the outcome of these discussions will be and thus how payments of selective financial assistance might be affected.