§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the current level of Government spending to encourage industry to move to Wales; and what was the annual level from 1960 to 1964.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyFor expenditure by the Board of Trade I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Neath (Mr. Coleman) on 10th July. Expenditure on the Selective Employment Tax additional sum and on the regional employment premium on Wales is currently running at about £15 million a year. The annual level of expenditure under the Local Employment Acts on assistance to the former development districts in Wales between 1960 and 1964 was about £3 million.—[Vol. 768, c.77–8.]