asked the Secretary of State for Energy how the figure of £119·9 million social grants paid to the coal industry in 1975, Official Report, 16th May, column 122, is made up; and if he will give a similar analysis for the £72·4 million paid in 1976.

The figures are made up as follows:he has taken on the final report to the Northern Region Strategy Team published in March 1977.

Inter-departmental discussions on the final report of the Northern Region Strategy Team will soon be concluded. Work on the preparation of the response to the report is well advanced.