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Written Question · S1W-21536 · Session 1

With regard to the letter to me of 1 January 2002 from the Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning, whether the sums of #6…

Answered Asked by Christine Grahame SNP Lodged 7 Jan 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the letter to me of 1 January 2002 from the Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning, whether the sums of #670,000, #7,020 and #3,000 from Scottish Enterprise Borders represent the total public funding allocated from all sources to the call centre company at Claridge Mill in Selkirk.

The answer

Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 Jan 2002 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

Total public funding allocated to Manpower is as follows: £600,000 to secure and adapt the premises in Selkirk, £70,000 for training, £7,020 to re-train workers made redundant by other companies and £3,000 to implement the European Computer Driving License on a pilot basis.In addition, the company has been made an offer of Regional Selective Assistance of which no payments have yet been made.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-21536 by reference.