§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the number of applications for grants under Section 3 of the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945, from all Development Areas, which have been rejected.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanSince June, 45 schemes in Development Areas have not been accepted for grant purposes.
§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the names of the authorities in Wales who have been refused grant under Section 3 of the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945; and the capital cost of the schemes in each case.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanA list of applications refused since June is below. It is impossible to state the actual cost of the schemes as some of them had not reached the stage at which close estimation was feasible, but approximate costs are given where these are known. Similar information before June is not readily available.
TOWN COUNCILS OF— £ Swansea (six schemes) 93,000 Kidwelly 43,000 Neath Not known Pembroke (two schemes) 185,800 Port Talbot 5,600 Wrexham 400,000 URBAN DISTRICT COUNCILS OF— Aberdare 200,000 Bedwellty 1,400 Caerphilly (two schemes) 18,000 Ebbw Vale 12,000 Llwchwr 500,000 Porthcawl 61,000 Tredegar 29,000 RURAL DISTRICT COUNCILS OF— Llanelly (two schemes) 68,000 Penybont (two schemes) 46,000 Wrexham 400,000 JOINT WATER BOARDS— Mid-Glamorgan 71,000 Pontypridd and Rhondda 43,000 Rhymney Valley (two schemes) 328,000