§ Sir Brandon Rhys Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his latest estimate of the cost of rate rebates in Wales in each year since 1978–79, including and excluding rebates payable with supplementary benefit.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information requested is as follows:
Fisheries and Food today. This increase is being met from within the existing public expenditure survey provision for fisheries, and will therefore not add to the planning total of public expenditure.
2. More applications for available ECSC funds have been received by the Welsh Development Agency in the present financial year, in respect of projects in areas of coal and steel closures, than was forecast at the time of last year's public expenditure survey. So that the WDA cart respond to this by utilising this year the outstanding balance of its present three-year European Coal and Steel Community borrowing allocation, £3 million has been switched from the agency's existing grant-in-aid, and national loans fund and European Investment Bank borrowing adjusted accordingly.