asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) whether he will list each form of regional support payable from public funds to business, industry, and the professions in Ulster, and the names of agencies responsible for such payments;(2) if he will list the total cost of regional assistance payable in Ulster for each year since 1970 under each heading of support payable to business, industry and the professions, and for each county;(3) if he will list the total cost of assistance for employment and training measures payable in Ulster for each year since 1970 under each heading of support payable to business, industry and the professions, and for each county.
A full listing of the various schemes of assistance to businesses in Northern Ireland is provided in "Support for Industry", published by the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland, a copy of which has been placed in the Library. The elements which equate
| Year | Standard Capital Grants (Department of Economic Development) | Selective Assistance by the Local Enterprise Development Unit (LEDU) | Selective Assistance by the Industrial Development Board (IDB) and the former Department of Commerce (DOC) | Employment and Training Measures (Department of Economic Development) |
| 1970–71 | 18,400,000 | — | 29,200,665 | 3,095,316 |
| 1971–72 | 17,600,000 | 173,803 | 33,365,201 | 4,391,675 |
| 1972–73 | 7,987,195 | 605,288 | 34,794,492 | 7,040,145 |
| 1973–74 | 8,500,000 | 1,200,122 | 47,358,781 | 8,334,021 |
| 1974–75 | 15,000,000 | 2,235,000 | 41,116,301 | 13,728,508 |
| 1975–76 | 30,872,541 | 2,100,000 | 49,631,722 | 19,951,552 |
| 1976–77 | 27,704,847 | 2,451,000 | 63,410,733 | 34,571,419 |
| 1977–78 | 31,831,113 | 3,255,000 | 54,246,235 | 44,954,838 |
| 1978–79 | 27,217,901 | 4,445,000 | 97,556,127 | 55,459,998 |
| 1979–80 | 18,369,436 | 5,749,884 | 100,164,409 | 61,208,915 |
| 1980–81 | 39,806,441 | 5,643,650 | 115,806,718 | 68,633,615 |
| 1981–82 | 41,705,132 | 5,969,000 | 79,280,974 | 72,930,337 |
| 1982–83 | 52,834,831 | 8,799,000 | 104,525.408 | 87,766,740 |
| 1983–84 | 40,675,000 | 13,650,000 | 83,575,000 | 96,103,000 |
| 1984–85* | 54,000,000 | 15,100,000 | 84,964,000 | 85,260,000 |
| 1985–86* | 35,000,000 | 16,700,000 | 79,216,000 | 82,338,000 |
| * Estimated. | ||||