asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the amount granted in national selective assistance under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1972 and the Industrial Development Act 1982 to Scotland, Wales and the regions of England in each year since 1979–80 at constant 1986 prices.

Cumulative expenditure by region from 1 April 1979 to 31 March 1986 for certain forms of assistance under section 8 of the Industry Act 1972 and the Industrial Development Act 1982 is as follows:

Region	Amount (£,000)
Scotland	42,916
Wales	25,805
North East	11,218
Yorkshire and Humberside	59,521
East Midlands	55,553
West Midlands	69,749
South East	128,200
South West	35,311

Region	Amount (£,000)
North West	87,108
Northern Ireland-mixed	3,045
Total	518,426

The forms of assistance included arc the following schemes: wool textiles (parts 1 and 2), ferrous foundries, machine tools, clothing, paper and board, non-ferrous foundry, instrumentation, drop forging, printing machinery, textile machinery, poultrymeat processing, footwear, accelerated project, selective investment, support for major projects, redmeat slaughterhouse, electronic components, microelectronics industry support 1, coal firing, fibre optics and opto-electronics, private sector steel, small engineering firms investment (1 and 2), advanced manufacturing technology, computer aided design and test equipment, innovation linked investment, quality assurance and support for the microelectronics industry.The more detailed information requested by the hon. Member could be provided only at disproportionate cost.