| 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. |