§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was Welsh Office expenditure on environmental research in Wales in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GristThe information is as follows:
£000s cash 1979–80 93 1980–81 80 1981–82 126 1982–83 165 1983–84 187 1984–85 205 1985–86 270 1986–87 887 1987–88 367 The increase in expenditure in 1986–87 was due to payments for studies relating to: the redevelopment of Cardiff bay, the staging of a national garden festival in Wales, and the intensive monitoring of sheep and other agricultural produce following the Chernobyl accident in 1986.