HC Deb 19 February 1969 vol 778 cc122-3W
Mr. Clifford Williams

asked the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has made of the amount invested by industry in Wales and Monmouthshire for each successive year from 1960 to 1968; if he will give details of the Government grants paid for industrial expansion over the same period, classified as Government owned, publicly owned and privately owned, respectively.

Mr. Dell

The available information is set out in the table below:

employment for the unemployed of Rhondda.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

Difficulties with site works have delayed completion of the factory, which is not now expected until May this year. Negotiations with a prospective tenant are proceeding. Every effort is being made to attract suitable firms to the Rhondda and adjacent areas.

Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the total number of men and women, respectively, employed in the advance factories which have been built and tenanted since 1964 in the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Merioneth, Denbighshire and Flintshire.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

One hundred and seventy-nine men and 57 women are at present employed in the four Board of Trade advance factories built since 1964 at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Pwllheli, Holyhead and Caernarvon.