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Mr. Gordon Wilson
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what payments have been made under the selective investment scheme in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively ; and what are the proportions of assistance given to the relevant industries in each case.
Mr. Les Huckfield
To 30th November 1978, £2,135,000 has been paid under the selective investment scheme for 22 of the 105 projects located in England which should attract assistance of £49·8 million. No payments have yet been made for the three projects in Scotland which should attract assistance of £23·4 million and the project in Wales which should attract assistance of £0·8 million. There are no projects as yet in Northern Ireland. The distribution by sector of the payments in England is:
| Payments (£000's) | Percentage of total | |
| Food, drink, tobacco | 60 | 2·8 |
| Chemicals | 263 | 12·3 |
| Metal manufacture | 111 | 5·2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 60 | 2·8 |
| Electrical engineering | 181 | 8·5 |
| Vehicles | 735 | 34·4 |
| Metal goods not elsewhere specified | 100 | 4·7 |
| Textiles | 50 | 2·3 |
| Bricks, pottery, glass | 350 | 16·4 |
| Other manufacturing | 225 | 10·6 |
| TOTAL | 2,135 | 100·0 |