HC Deb 14 July 1989 vol 156 cc650-1W
Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he first became aware of the October 1988 meeting between the chairman and chief executive of the Welsh Development Agency and the regional director and the senior investment executive of the west Wales office of the Welsh Development Agency at which management buy-out proposals were discussed.

Mr. Peter Walker

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave on 5 July to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mr. Jones),Official Report, col. 182.

Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give full details of factory building completed in west Wales by the Welsh Development Agency for each year from 1983–84 to the present, giving the location and description of each site and the area of building involved.

Mr. Peter Walker

The information is as follows:

(a) Advance Factory Build

  1. (i) 1983–84
    • Cillefwr Ind Est, Carmathen 8 units totalling 9k sq ft.
    • Whitland Ind Est, Whitland 12 units totalling 24k sq ft.
    • Dafen Ind Park, Dafen, Llanelli 6 units totalling 80k sq ft.
    • Thornton Ind Est, Milford Haven I unit totalling 10k sq ft.
    • Salterns Ind Est, Tenby 17 units totalling 32k sq ft.
  2. (ii) 1984–85
    • Dafen Ind Park, Dafen. Llanelli 4 units totalling 70k sq ft
  3. (iii) 1986–87
    • Kingswood Ind Est, Pembroke Dock 4 units totalling 5k sq fit
  4. (iv) 1988–89
    • London Road, Pembroke Dock 3 units totalling 20k sq ft
    • Cillefwr Ind Est, Carmarthen 5 units totalling 8k sq ft

(b) Bespoke Projects

  1. (i) 1984–85
    • Bespoke extension of 5k sq ft for Record Wire Wheels at Llandovery.
  2. (ii) 1987–88
    • Bespoke extension of 3k sq ft for Animal Food Products at Llanybyther.
    • Bespoke extension of I k sq ft for Neyland Training Initiative at Great Honyborough, Milford Haven.
  3. (iii) 1988–89
    • Bespoke extension of 4k sq ft for Record Wire Wheels at Llandovery.

Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if there are proposals under consideration in any of the regional offices of the Welsh Development Agency for contracting out(a) services currently provided by the Welsh Development Agency in the investment and business advisory field or (b) work as local agents for land reclamation, urban renewal and inward investment;

(2) what consideration has been given to contracting out services currently provided by the west Wales region of the Welsh Development Agency in the fields of (a) investment and business advice, (b) land reclamation, (c) urban renewal and (d) inward investment; and if he will provide details.

Mr. Peter Walker

I would expect the Welsh Development Agency to keep under continuing review opportunities for private sector involvement. I would naturally consider any proposal put to me by the agency for contracting out services where this would guarantee an equivalent or better level of service and a lesser cost to the taxpayer. There are, however, no such proposals before me at present.

Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his reply of 5 July,Official Report, column 181, how much of the 62,000 sq ft of factory building in west Wales referred to has been completed to date.

Mr. Peter Walker

As I informed the hon. Gentleman in the reply to which he refers, the agency intends to start work on this factory space in the current financial year.

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