§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the distribution of (a) regional development grants, (b) assistance under the Local Employment Acts and (c) Regional Selective Industry Act, in Wales according to the size of recipient enterprise whether by number of employees or turnover.
§ Mr. Alec JonesRegional development grants and assistance under the Local Employment Acts are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Industry, who until 1st July 117W 1975 was also responsible for regional selective assistance under Section 7 of the Industry Act 1972 for undertakings in Wales.
From 1st July 1975 to 31st December 1976 regional selective assistance totalling £20.6 million has been offered in respect of 134 projects in Wales. The following tables give breakdowns of the number of offers made on the basis of employment at the project location and company turnover at the time of application.
Numbers employed Number of Offers 0–49 … … … 80 50–99 … … … 19 100–199 … … … 8 200–299 … … … 9 300–499 … … … 10 500 and over … … … 8 Turnover £000 Number of Offers 0–100 … … … 24 100–500 … … … 24 500–1,000 … … … 17 1,000–5,000 … … … 29 5,000–50,000 … … … 18 Over 50,000 … … … 7