asked the Attorney-General when the report by the Law Commission on the subject of the law relating to divorce will be published; and if he will make a statement.

There has been no report from the Law Commission on this subject.

asked the Attorney-General whether, pursuant to the statement by his right hon. and learned Friend the Solicitor-General on Friday 6 February, Official Report, column 1294, he will make a statement to the House once he has received the police report on Lord Rothschild.

It would be inappropriate for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General to make any comment on this matter before the police report has been received and a decision has been taken.

asked the Attorney-General if he will list the contracts, with the subject of the assignment, awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by the Lord Chancellor's Department in 1986, with the name of the consultants concerned.

The following contracts were awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by the Lord Chancellor's Department in 1986:

asked the Attorney-General whether he intends to seek an injunction to prevent the distribution of the book "Warfare as a Whole" by Sir Frank Kitson.

The manuscript is under examination by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence.

asked the Attorney-General whether he intends to prosecute Sir Frank Kitson under section 2 of the Official Secrets Act for including in his book "Warfare as a Whole" material in breach of national security.

Until the examination of the manuscript is complete, my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General will not be in a position to consider this question.

asked the Attorney-General when he became aware of the warrant on 30 January of the assistant procurator fiscal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin for police action against the BBC.

On Sunday 1 February

asked the Paymaster General what consideration has been given to the Vredeling directive, as amended on 13 July 1983, in the light of recent events at the Caterpillar plant, Uddingston; and if he will make a statement.

The Goverment have already made it clear that they are greatly concerned about the events at the Caterpillar plant, Uddingston. They are firmly committed to the principle of employees being informed and consulted about matters which affect them and have consistently encouraged employers to develop procedures appropriate to their particular circumstances. But they remain opposed to the directive because they believe that the imposition of a rigid legal framework would disrupt existing arrangements and damage industrial relations.

asked the Paymaster General if he will provide figures for the most recently available date, and in the table form used at column 157, Official Report, on 29 October 1986, of the number of people who (a) have been interviewed under the restart programme and (b) have been placed into a destination by the Manpower Services Commission for the four London area manpower board areas and for the area manpower board area covering the former Merseyside county council.

The figures given in the form used by my hon. Friend in his reply of 29 October 1986 have to be used with care as they are only a measure of the extent to which we know of direct placements made as the immediate result of an interview. This is not a measure of the total number of people who find work or training directly or indirectly as a result of the restart programme.Seventy Five per cent. of participants agree to pursue the offer made to them at their interview and we do not know the results of all of them. The immediate placings do not include the many people who subsequently find jobs, or other openings, such as training, as a result of counselling, restart courses, or the outcome of other elements of the restart menu.Numbers interviewed and placed for the period 12 May to 8 January.

London	Number
Interviewed	95,883
Placed in Jobs as a direct result of restart interviews	568
Placed on community programme	1,689
Placed in job clubs	970
Placed on enterprise allowance scheme	332
x
Placed on training schemes	1,350
Placed on restart courses	6,282
Placed on the voluntary projects programme or in other voluntary work	166
I am not able to apportion the totals for London to specific area manpower board areas.
Merseyside
Interviewed	52,203
Placed in jobs as a direct result of restart interviews	374
Placed on community programme	857
Placed in job clubs	670
Placed on enterprise allowance scheme	107
Placed on training schemes	1,468
Placed on restart courses	4,344
Placed on the voluntary projects programme or in other voluntary work	255

asked the Paymaster General if he will list the contracts, with the subject of the assignment, awarded

	Gross cost1(£ million)		First year direct net Exchequer cost per person no longer unemployed		Participants
	1985–86	1986–87 estimate	1985–86	1986–87 estimate	1985–86	1986–87 estimate
Community programme	667	1,038	1,950	2,000	241,000	300,000
Enterprise allowance scheme	104	147	1,800	1,800	60,000	86,000
New workers scheme	—	9	—	1,300	—	50,000
Community industry	24	26	1,500	1,550	9,600	9,000
Job release scheme	187	112	1,850	1,850	10,000	12,000
Job-splitting scheme	0·2	1	-150	-150	268	250
1 Excluding administrative costs.

YTS is a training measure. The concept of net Exchequer cost per person unemployed is not therefore appropriate. Relevant figures for YTS, including gross cost per annum per filled place, are as follows:

	Gross cost (£ million)		Gross cost per annum per filled place (£)		Participants
	1985–86	1986–87 estimate	1985–86	1986–87 estimate	1985–86	1986–87 estimate
YTS	818	891	2,800	2,600	364,000	362,000

The following firms were awarded contracts by my Department in 1985:FIRM AND SUBJECT OF ASSIGNMENT

asked the Paymaster General what was the gross and net cost and the numbers participating in 1985–86 and 1986–87 of the (a) community programme, (b) enterprise allowance scheme, (c) YTS, (d) new workers scheme, (e) community industry, (f) job release scheme and (g) job-splitting scheme.

The figures are:

asked the Paymaster General what guidance has been given to jobcentre managers and restart counsellors on the practice of restart interviewees being accompanied by a friend, adviser or other similar third party; and what is his policy on this practice.

Jobcentre staff have been told that a third party may accompany a person to a restart interview if the interviewee so wishes, so long as the friend is present to assist the restart participant with the interview.

asked the Paymaster General how many miners in Ashfield who have accepted redundancy have been ordered to report to the local Department of Employment for participation in the restart scheme.

Everyone who has been claiming unemployment related benefits for more than 12 months will be invited to a restart counselling interview by the Manpower Services Commission. We have no means of knowing how many of these are miners who have accepted redundancy. Everyone interviewed will be offered help and advice about possible steps back into employment.

asked the Paymaster General (1) whether he will publish on a regular basis, separately, figures for overtime worked in both the public and private sectors;(2) whether the overtime figures published in the

The overtime figures in the Employment Gazette are compiled from surveys of establishments which employ operatives in manufacturing activities.Respondents to the surveys are not asked to distinguish between public and private sector employment, and there are no plans to provide separate overtime figures for the public and private sectors.

asked the Paymaster General if he will list the contracts, with the subject of the assignment, awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by his Department in 1986, with the name of the consultants concerned.

The following firms were awarded contracts by my Department in 1986:

asked the Paymaster General if he will state the number of YTS trainees in (a) the public and (b) the private sector.

At 31 January 1987 there were 92,930 young people in training on YTS in the public sector and 204,662 in the private sector, as defined by the Manpower Services Commission's management information system.

asked the Paymaster General w hat has been the impact on targeted community programme schemes in the eight task force areas of the embargo on recruitment of under 25-year-olds to community programme places in connection with the job training scheme; and if he will make a statement.

[pursuant to his reply, 16 February 1987, c. 427]: There is no embargo on the recruitment of under-25-year-olds to the community programme. However, in the nine original job training scheme pilot areas, eligibility for under-25-year-olds is the same as for other long-term unemployed people, namely that they should have been unemployed for at least 12 out of the last 15 months. We believe that, where good quality job training is available, it is a more positive and preferable option for most young unemployed people under the age of 25.The effect of having community programme and job training scheme places available has been to increase the help open to people unemployed for 12 months or more.The eight task force areas of the inner cities initiative continue to enjoy priority in the targeting of MSC programmes and the allocation of community programme places.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many nursing staff have been employed in Glasgow royal infirmary during each of the last six years.

The number of whole-time equivalent nursing staff employed in Glasgow Royal infirmary at 30 September in each of the years 1980 to 1985 and at 31 March 1986 was as follows. The numbers exclude some nurses in training who are based at the Glasgow eastern college of nursing and midwifery, but who spend a proportion of their time working in the infirmary.

Year	Number (WTE)
1980	679·7
1981	763·1
1982	842·1
1983	875·6
1984	973·2
1985	978·9
1986	984·1

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations from voluntary organisations his Department has received regarding dual local authority sponsorship of urban aid applications.

The only recent instance of such representations is that Aberdeen Cyrenians wrote to me in November 1986 about an application for funding under the urban progamme to provide emergency accommodation for young homeless people in Aberdeen submitted by Grampian regional council and which also involved the question of support from Aberdeen district council for the project.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his Department requires dual local authority sponsorship of urban aid applications before grants will be awarded; and if he will make a statement.

Joint sponsorship of projects by regional and district councils is not a general requirement under the urban programme, but may be appropriate in some cases.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to reply to the request for funding for a young persons' hostel in Aberdeen, from the joint working party on provision for single homeless; and is he will make a statement.

No such request for funding has been received from the joint working party; consideration is, however, being given to a project submitted by Grampian regional council for urban programme funding for a project being promoted by the Aberdeen Cyrenians for emergency accommodation for young homeless people in Aberdeen. I expect to be able to give a decision about this application soon.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the trunk road improvements funded by his Department in north-east Fife since 1979 and their costs together with those in hand or planned for early implementation.

The information is as follows:

	Estimated Cost
	£
Schemes Completed Since 1979
A91 Junction with A92 at Dairsie	482,000
A91 East of Melville Lodge	210,000
A914 Junction with B9129 at Ladybank	90,000
Planned Schemes
A91 Auchtermuchty Bypass	3,700,000
A91 Junction with Strathkinness Road at Edenside	160,000
A91 Junction with A919 at Guardbridge	155,000
A914 Junction with C20 at Freuchie	170,000

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current estimate of the number of vehicles which will use the Dornoch road bridge annually.

It is estimated that upwards of 800,000 vehicles will use the Dornoch road bridge in the first year following its expected opening to traffic in 1991.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his current estimate of the number of vehicles which will use the Ayr road route annually.

My right hon. and learned Friend is responsible only for that section of the Ayr road route which is a trunk road, between Malletsheugh and the former Glasgow city boundary. It is estimated that upwards of 6 million vehicles will use this section of the new road in the first year following its expected opening to traffic in 1991.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his current estimate of the total cost of (a) the Dornoch road bridge and (b) the Ayr road route.

Estimated costs at current prices are as follows:

£ million
(a) Dornoch road bridge (including approach roads)		21
(b) Ayr road route
Trunk road section	13
Local authority section	40	53

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the contracts, with the subject of the assignment, awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by his Department in 1986, with the name of the consultants concerned.

The following contracts were awarded to management consultancy and accounting firms in 1986.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has as to the schools in each region in Scotland which keep supplies of potassium iodate or other iodine tablets for use by pupils in case of emergency.

This information is not available centrally.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the latest position with regard to the proposal to deposit silt dredged from the River Elbe at Lingerabay on Harris, and the means by which environmental objections are to be overcome.

There have been no further developments since an application for planning permission to deposit silt dredgings from the River Elbe in Harris was withdrawn in March 1986.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those organisations that made a submission on the Green Paper "Paying for Local Government," Cmnd. 9714, and indicate which of those organisations were unreservedly in favour of a community charge.

I refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave on 1 December 1986 to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Maryhill (Mr. Craigen), at column 447–50, and on 12 January 1987 to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Garscadden (Mr. Dewar), at column 81.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when, over the last 10 years, surveys have been conducted of the concentrations of copper, chromium, cadmium, zinc, lead, nickel, mercury, arsenic, boron, organo-chlorine compounds and PCBs in sediments and sea water around the coast of Harris or other parts of the Outer Hebrides; by whom the surveys were conducted; and what were the results.

There have been no specific surveys of sea water around the Outer Hebrides in the last 10 years. However, a survey in western Scottish coastal waters undertaken by Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland scientists in 1984 showed typical concentrations as follows:

• Copper 0·1–0·2/ugl ^-1
• Cadmium 10–15 ngl ^-1
• Lead 10–15 ngl ^-1

The cadmium and copper values agree with samples taken in a recent survey off the Scottish west coast by a German vessel, which produced nickel concentrations of some 0·18–0·22/ugl

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will list the levels of alcoholism and suicide rates for each of the prisons in Scotland for each of the past 10 years.

Information is published in the annual report "Prisons in Scotland", copies of which are available in the Library.The numbers of inmates in penal establishments in Scotland who

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish figures showing for each of Edinburgh's 62 district wards the number of people taken off the unemployment register as a result of the restart programme, the proportion of these people who have found full-time jobs, the number of people in each of the schemes operating under restart, and the number of people currently on Government training schemes.

The information is not available in the precise form requested.A total of approximately 1,400 people in Edinburgh have ceased to claim benefit since being identified under the restart programme. It is impossible, however, to determine how many of these left the unemployment register as a direct result of either the invitation to attend an interview or the counselling itself. Between 1 July 1986, the date on which restart commenced, and 12 February 1987, the numbers of people in Edinburgh who were placed in employment or in one of the Government's employment, enterprise or training schemes as a consequence of restart interviews were as shown in the table. In addition to these figures, a number of people were referred to other specialist services for example, Professional and Executive Recruitment, Disablement Resettlement Officer, Careers Service, and so on. No statistics are available to indicate how many of those placed on restart courses have subsequently obtained employment or other forms of training.

	Number
Commenced employment	25
Placed on Community Programme	6
Placed in Jobclub	74
Started own business under Enterprise Allowance Scheme	2
MSC training course	18
Employment Rehabilitation Centre	25
Restart courses	845

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state the terms of reference of the inquiry into Peterhead by Mr. Tom Buyers, Her Majesty's chief inspector of prisons.

I refer to my previous reply to the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (Mr. McQuarrie) of 18 November 1986, at column 53.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a table showing expenditure within his responsibility for the years 1978–79 to 1987–88, inclusive; and if he will express this in estimated 1987–88 outturn prices.

The information requested is set out in the table.

Total public expenditure within the Secretary of Slate for Scotland s responsibility
£ million
	Cash	Real terms
1978–79	3,712	7,498
1979–80	4,552	7,868
1980–81	5,383	7,844
1981–82	5,839	7,747

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the level of funding of the Scottish Development Agency by his Department in each year since 1979–80 expressed in (a) cash terms, (b) real terms based on constant 1980–81 prices and (c) real terms based on constant 1986–87 prices.

[pursuant to his reply, 16 February 1987, c. 458]: The information is as follows:

SDA Expenditure 1979–1987
(£ million)
	Gross Expenditure (outturn)	1980–81 Prices	1986–87 Prices
1979–80	80·6	95·6	134·0
1980–81	97·6	97·6	136·7
1981–82	97·8	89·0	124·7
1982–83	123·2	104·5	146·5
1983–84	117·0	95·0	133·2
1984–85	117·7	91·6	128·5
1985–86	131·4	96·5	135·3
1986–87 (Estimate)	133·2	95·0	133·2
1987–88 (Estimate)	136·0	93·5	131·0

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland if he will list the contracts, with the subject of the assignment, awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by the Lord Advocate's Department in 1986, with the name of the consultants concerned.

One such contract was awarded during 1986:

Firm	Subject of Assignment
PA Computers and Telecommunications	To assess the financial and product viability of Inslaw Inc. of America

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland if he has any plans to seek to amend section 9 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 to provide for warrants under that section to be issued by a sheriff.

Amendment of the Official Secrets Acts would not fall within my ministerial responsibility.

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland, pursuant to the answer of 13 February, Official Report, column 371, what steps the procurator fiscal of Glasgow took to ensure that he was legally justified in applying to the sheriff for a search warrant for the BBC.

I refer the hon. Member to the answers by my noble and learned Friend the Lord Advocate in another place on 4 February 1987, at columns 199–205, and to my answer, at columns 259–60 on 13 February 1987.

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland why officials of the Scottish Office were informed on Friday 30 January of the granting of a search warrant against the BBC in Glasgow.

No officials of the Scottish Office were informed by officials of my Department on Friday 30 January of the granting of a search warrant against the BBC in Glasgow.

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland at what time on Friday 30 January the first warrant was granted for a police raid on BBC, Glasgow; and at what time the Lord Advocate informed the Secretary of State for Scotland of the grant of a warrant.

The first warrant was granted at approximately 2.15 pm on Friday 30 January. The Lord Advocate did not inform the Secretary of State for Scotland of the grant of a warrant at any time.

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland who altered the typed date on the original communication relating to entry to the BBC, signed by an assistant procurator fiscal, from 30 January to 31 January; and why.

The typed date on the petition for a search warrant for the BBC Scotland

Police Area	Actual strength on 31 December 1986
England and Wales	Police Officers	Civilians		Traffic Wardens	Police Cadets
		Full-time	Part-time
Avon and Somerset	2,982	695	49	127	—
Bedfordshire	995	268	69	33	—
Cambridgeshire	1,148	346	77	43	—
Cheshire	1,823	442	125	43	—
Cleveland	1,467	309	93	26	—
Cumbria	1,121	274	74	24	14
Derbyshire	1,761	641	179	77	—
Devon and Cornwall	2,753	821	98	115	—
Dorset	1,193	414	42	67	12
Durham	1,300	455	129	21	—
Dyfed Powys	929	170	55	22	—
Essex	2,718	718	183	Ill	12
Gloucestershire	1,152	206	91	33	—
Greater Manchester	6,725	1,608	342	194	—

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland whether a justice of the peace signed the warrant for the police search of the BBC premises in Glasgow.

No.

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland under what authority sheriffs for any particular district in Scotland are empowered to issue warrants without reference to a justice of the peace.

Sheriffs have authority to issue search warrants at common law, under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 and under other statutes, and no reference to a justice of the peace is necessary in such cases.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list each police force in the United Kingdom showing the Minister ultimately responsible, the number employed in each force and the cost in 1985–86 of running each force.

The table gives the information for each police force in England and Wales and in Scotland and for the Royal Ulster Constabulary for which my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Home Department, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland respectively have some statutory responsibility. Information is also given for the British Transport police, the Ministry of Defence police, the Royal Parks police and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority constabulary; statutory responsibility for these forces rest with my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Transport, for Defence, for the Environment and for Energy respectively. There are also some other small bodies of constables operating on private property which are established under private legislation, which are not directly answerable to a Minister, and on which information is not held centrally.

asked the Prime Minister why she visited Bain and Company in New York while on an official visit to the United States of America.

I have been to New York on only four occasions since 4 May 1979, all in connection with visits to the United Nations. No trace of any visit to Bain and Company has been found in our records and I have no recollection of any such visit.

asked the Prime Minister if she is satisfied with co-ordination between the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the police in relation to Guinness plc inquiries; and if she will make a statement.

The prosecution of offenders is not a matter for me. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to him by my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Mr. Howard), the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who has responsibility for corporate and consumers affairs, on 17 February, and to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, Central (Sir A. Fletcher) by my right hon. and learned Friend the Solicitor-General on 17 February.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what action he is taking to reduce fares for air travel and to ensure that these are based upon arrangements which are more comprehensible to the traveller.

The Government have already secured a number of major liberal bilateral air service agreements with other European countries. We are now concentrating our efforts on obtaining a worthwhile agreement on air transport liberalisation in the European Community. The proposals now under discussion were tabled by the United Kingdom presidency as a first step towards the 1992 internal market target date. They include measures which, if adopted, would allow cheaper, less confusing fares to be introduced in off-peak periods; and would make it easier for airlines to introduce business fares on the basis of their own commercial judgment of the needs of the market.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will list those recommendations of the Committee of Public Accounts since 1983 affecting his Department which have been implemented.

I refer the hon. Member to the Treasury minutes published in response to the 7th, 11th, 13th and 17th reports, 1983–84, 9th report 1984–85, and the 2nd, 5th, 19th, 36th and 49th reports 1985–86 (Cmnd. 9178, 9226, 9325, 9546, 9755, 9776, 9808 and 9917). The Committee, on which the hon. Member serves, monitors departmental progress with accepted recommendations.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement regarding the progress of the road-widening work on the M63.

Two of the three main contracts for widening of the M63 between junctions 1 and 7 west of Manchester started about 12 months ago. Work is progressing well. One contract (junctions 5 to 7) is programmed to finish in summer 1988, and the other (junctions 1 to 3 including Barton bridge) early in 1989.Construction of the final section (junctions 3 to 5) should start in about six months time and be finished by autumn 1989.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has about total state assistance to railways in each of the European Community member states, in the most recent year for which information is available (a) in pound sterling as a total sum and per head of population and (b) as a percentage of gross domestic product.

The latest available data are for 1984:

State assistance to railway undertakings
	£ million	Per head (£s)	Percentage of GDP
Luxembourg	57	154	2·25
Belgium	761	77	1·34
Italy	4,054	71	1·55
West Germany	2,454	40	0·53
France	1,773	32	0·48
Denmark	194	38	0·47
Netherlands	407	28	0·44
Great Britain	936	17	0·29
Ireland	65	18	0·49
Greece	93	9	0·37

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many bus companies he expects to be in operation at the end of 1987 compared to the number in operation at the beginning of the current year.

I expect the overall number to stay broadly the same, though deregulation of local bus services means that there are now new opportunities for companies to come into the industry. There are also better prospects for existing companies, if they operate efficiently and provide the public with the services they want.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the contracts, with the subject of the assignment, awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by his Department in 1986, with the name of the consultants concerned.

Comprehensive records of all contracts with consultancy firms are not held centrally, and it would be disproportionately expensive to collect all the information required. The following list identifies those management and accountancy consultancies which began in 1986 and are valued at £10,000 or more:

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he has any plans to seek to increase airport charges for certain aircraft where he has information that those aircraft were manufactured, in whole or in part, outside the United Kingdom and the manufacturers have received subsidies from their own Governments; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friend has no such plans. Airport charges have to be set in the light of international obligations as to non-discrimination.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what is his latest estimated date for the provision of a search and rescue service helicopter in north-west Scotland, based on the Outer Hebrides; and if he will make a statement.

Tendering action is now in hand. The precise date for the provision of a search and rescue helicopter for north-west Scotland will depend on consideration of the responses to invitations. This will be completed as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what was the total cost of the flotation of British Airways.

The cost (excluding VAT) to the Government in 1986–87 of the sale is provisionally estimated as follows:

United Kingdom sale	£ million
Advisers' fees	2·0
Marketing	6·5
Receiving banks	6·0
Underwriting and selling commissions	8·5
Overseas sales	5·5
	28·5

This represents less than 3·5 per cent. of the gross proceeds.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if Her Majesty's Government will take steps to stop any importation of arms, ammunition and military equipment from South Africa into the United Kingdom, or via the United Kingdom to other countries.

I am satisfied that the measures already taken are adequate.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the likely change in the level of exports and imports of manufactures as a result of the facility provided by the opening of a Channel tunnel on the forecast date.

The opening of a Channel tunnel should help to provide both cheaper imports and more competitive exports, directly and by providing competition for other modes of transport. Such data as are available at present are too imprecise for useful forecasts to be made with any competence.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what level of industrial aid has been given to the north-west of England in the last 12 months.