HC Deb 26 November 1991 vol 199 cc455-7W
Dr. Kim Howells

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a breakdown of expenditure, by local authority district and by category of expenditure, under the valleys programme from 1988 to date.

Mr. David Hunt

Provision for the programme for the valleys area over the five years of the programme is £800 million. A breakdown of outturn for 1988–89 to 1990–91 and estimated outturn for 1991–92 by category of expenditure is shown in the table. It is not possible to provide a breakdown by local authority district except at disproportionate cost.

Programme for the Valleys Expenditure
(£ million)
1988–89 Outturn 1989–90 Outturn 1990–91 Outturn
Urban Programme 11.950 16.000 19.400
Urban Development/UIG2 1 2.600 7.200 6.000
RIG2 1 28.875 16.100 14.500
WDA
Factories 20.730 20.950 23.100
Land Reclamation 11.900 15.500 14.700
Environmental 0.780 0.600 0.600
Urban Renewal Unit 0.700 1.570 3.260
Investment1 1.325 1.750 2.730
Business Development 0.720 1.000 1.000
Corporate Planning/Research 0.100 0.100 0.050
Roads 11.100 11.730 15.270
Employment Department 48.600 49.670 48.200
Total 139.380 142.170 148.810
1 1991–92 figure gives provision rather than estimated outturn.
2 These programmes are demand-led.

Dr. Kim Howells

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total sum spent in regional aid in the valleys programme area, by year and by category of expenditure,(a) in the two years before regional development grants were abolished and (b) since regional development grants were abolished.

Mr. David Hunt

The information is as follows:

programme area, and the comparable information for Wales and the United Kingdom as a whole from 1988 to date.

Mr. David Hunt

The information requested is given in the table.

District1 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
Ogwr -610 -254 -35 393
Lliw Valley -354 -336 -124 359
Neath -364 -508 53 256
Afan -158 -155 10 145
Brecknock -49 -123 26 53
Taff Ely -853 -719 -78 823
Llanelli -272 -191 -70 248
Dinefwr -128 -157 21 132
Rhymney Valley -1,120 -593 161 939
Total Valleys programme area -7,091 -6,816 -680 7,397
Wales -30,367 -31,169 -484 31,059
United Kingdom -632,522 -483,018 34,776 755,370

Source: Employment Department.

1 Data relate to wards within the districts covered by the Valleys Programme Area and not to the district as a whole.