§ Mr. William Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many organisations and associations either controlled by the Government, Government sponsored or Government aided are involved in attracting industry into mid-Wales; and what is the amount of assistance given by the Government to these organisations.
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§ Mr. Peter ThomasIn addition to the Department of Trade and Industry and the Development Commission, the Mid Wales Development Corporation, the Mid Wales Industrial Development Association and the Development Corporation for Wales are all concerned with attracting industry to mid Wales. The last two are grant-aided bodies receiving respectively about £6,000 and a maximum of £35,000 this year. The Wales Tourist Board, which is currently in receipt of a grant of £234,000 is concerned with the development of the tourist industry in mid-Wales as elsewhere in the Principality.