HC Deb 05 February 1996 vol 271 c56W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the amount of aid for agricultural marketing and processing by each county and for Wales as a whole for each of the last three years. [12813]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The amount of aid offered for agricultural marketing and processing schemes is as follows:

County 1993–94 £ 1994–95 £ 1995–96 £
Clwyd 255,000 73,033 74,250
Dyfed 380,630 294,298 791,828
Gwent 392,750
Gwynedd 625,188 1,745 183,479
Mid Glamorgan
Powys 46,330 120,473 2,500
South Glamorgan 56,500
West Glamorgan 53,550 36,889 5,000
Total 1,360,698 919,188 1,113,557
1 Up to 31 December 1995.

These figures represent the offers which the Welsh Office made to companies in these years. There is a slight time lag between offers being made and expenditure being incurred.