§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the circulars which have been issued by his Department over the past 20 years to local education authorities in Wales dealing with the teaching of the Welsh language or the provision of education through the medium of the Welsh language.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is as follows:
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many people have been employed by the Welsh Development Agency in each year from 1979 to 1987;
(2) what was the last budget of the Welsh Development Agency in each year since 1979; what was the increase in real terms in the budget from 1979 to 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87; and what was the increase in staff from 1979 to the present time.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe information is as follows:
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Gross mainstream latest budgets (£ million) Cash 1988–89 prices1 Increase on 1979–80 Average number of staff in post 1979–80 34.5 63.2 — 472 1980–81 70.6 109.1 45.9 497 1981–82 72.5 101.9 38.7 502 1982–83 71.4 93.7 30.5 506 1983–84 59.1 74.1 10.9 499 1984–85 72.0 86.5 23.3 441 1985–86 63.3 71.7 8.5 436 1986–87 73.0 80.1 16.9 470 1987–88 286.0 89.9 26.7 493 1988–89 3113.0 113.0 49.8 n/a 1 Adjusted using GDP deflator. 2 Excluding the £11.25 million one off cost of acquiring the residual industrial assets of Cwmbran Development Corporation. 3 Initial Budget. In addition to the mainstream budgets shown above the Agency was provided with special resources to help mitigate the effects of the steel closures in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The resources involved are as follows:
£ million 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Cash 27.5 22.3 33.2 13.8 5.6 1988–89 prices1 50.4 34.5 46.7 18.1 7.0 1 Adjusted using GDP deflator.