§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for the last three years for which figures are available the amount of European Community funds spent in Wales from (a) the agricultural guidance section of the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund, (b) the European social fund, (c) the European regional development fund, stating also this figure as a percentage of the total United Kingdom quota, and (d) the European Coal and Steel Community, stating the figures for conversion schemes, housing schemes and industrial projects.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsIdentifiable Community assistance to projects in Wales which has been committed in each of the last three full calendar years and in the first 10 months of 1980 is given below. In addition, Wales has benefited from assistance committed from these sources to national schemes from which the regional element cannot be separately identified.
Following is the information:
requested for designation by a local authority was so designated outside the districts of Preseli, South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Aberconwy, Arfon, Dwyfor, Ynys Mon and Meirionnydd, and within those districts the following requested areas were not designated:
The communities of Fishguard and Goodwick, Haroldston St. Issells, Narberth, Pembroke, Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Fawr, Lampeter, Cardigan, Ysbyty Ystwyth, Gwnnws Issa, Upper Gwnnws, Lower Lledrod, Upper Lledrod, Caron-Uwch-Clawdd, Caron-Is-Clawdd, Llanddewi Brefi, Blaenpennal, Llangeitho, Llanbadarn Odwyn, Gwynfil, Betws Leucu, Nantcwnlle and Gartheli, Llandudno, Bangor, Llanfairisgaer, Caernarfon, Lianrug, Bethesda, Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Penrhyndeudraeth, Holyhead, Llangefni and Barmouth; those parts of communities 171W of Llanfairfechan, Penmaenmawr, Conwy, Llanrwst, Ffestiniog and Tywyn which are not within the Snowdonia National Park and that part of the community of Menai bridge which is not within the Anglesey area of outstanding natural beauty.