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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998
Table 14B2 Expenditure on regional preferential assistance to industry, 1992-93 to 1997-98

(£ million)

 

1992-93

1993-94

1994-95

1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

Total gross expenditure

101.7

120.4

134.5

117.4

128.2

132.5

Scottish Development Agency Act
  Land and factory building1

10.3

22.5

30.6

17.3

30.5

30.8

Industrial Development
  Regional Selective Assistance2

59.2

69.0

77.1

70.1

72.3

76.5

Regional Development Grant

8.9

2.8

0.4

-

0.2

-

Regional Enterprise Grant3

2.8

2.7

2.1

3.0

2.4

1.2

Highlands and Islands Development Board4
  Grants

13.6

14.0

14.4

15.9

12.9

10.4

Property

6.9

9.4

9.9

11.1

9.9

13.6

Source: SOEID, Economic Industrial Affairs/Investment Assistance Division 2

1 Excludes expenditure outside Assisted Areas.
2 Assistance provided under the Industrial Development Act 1982 and its predecessors.
3 Regional Enterprise Grant (REG) consists of 2 schemes - Regional Investment Grant (RIG) and Regional Innovation Grant (RIN). RIN closed to applications on 31.12.95 and RIG closed to applications on 31.1.97.
4 HIE loans and equity are classed as non-preferential as these are deemed to be similar to non-preferential assistance outside the HIE area.
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