ANNUAL EXPENDITURE ON SPECIAL REGIONAL ASSISTANCE TO INDUSTRY IN GREAT BRITAIN 1960/1-1972/3: A NOTE.

Examines the annual expenditure on special regional assistance to industry in Great Britain between 1960-61 and 1972-73, based on a previously published study of the financial costs to the exchequer of regional policy in Great Britain undertaken by economists B. Moore and J. Rhodes. Itemization of "mainly recoverable" and "mainly non-recoverable" expenditure in the study; Information about the sources from where the data, presented here, are obtained; Discussion of the Local Employment Act of 1960; Information about the "Annual Reports," being presented by the Board of Trade under the Industrial Development Act of 1966; Figures of annual expenditure on Selective Employment Tax Additional Payments, presented in a memorandum submitted by the Department of Trade and Industry to the Trade and Industry Sub-Committee.