HC Deb 21 May 1990 vol 173 c57W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will indicate, for each year of the existence of the Welsh Development Agency and Mid Wales Development, the amount of cash raised in sales of property and factories.

Mr. Grist

The value of capital sales by the two development agencies since their inception has totalled £92.4 million (including land) at 31 March 1990.

The table provides a breakdown of this figure in the form requested.

Total value of capital sales (including land) as at 31 March 1990
Year WDA DBRW Total
£000 £000 £000
1976–77 200 Nil 200
1977–78 600 10 610
1978–79 646 19 665
1979–80 1.056 12 1.068
1980–81 1.328 15 1.343
1981–82 4.623 763 5.386
1982–83 4.651 912 5.563
1983–84 4.497 582 5.079
1984–85 11.318 1.037 12.355
1985–86 6.570 1.625 8.195
1986–87 8.544 1.707 10.251
1987–88 8.061 2.635 10.696
1988–89 8.134 2.735 10.869
1989–90 17.820 2.352 20.172
Grand total £78.048 £14.404 £92.452