§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning what Government assistance has been given to Wales, in the most recent year for which figures are available, by means of grants under Local Employment Acts, building grants, investment grants, regional employment premiums, refunds of selective employment tax, and training and other measures, compared with 1964.
§ Mr. CroslandThe following is the information.
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO INDUSTRY IN WALES* £ million Financial years 1964–65 1968–69 Assistance offered under the Local Employment Acts 1.2 11.9 Investment Grants — 39.3† Regional Employment Premium (estimated) — 12.0 Selective Employment Premium (estimated) — 3.0 D.E.P. Assistance to in dustrial training (estimated) 0.4† l.3–† 1.6 67.5 * The question refers to assistance in Wales. Figures for a number of items of public expenditure are either not available on a regional basis; or applied in 1968–69 only in the Welsh Development Area or were not applicable in 1964–65. † The figures in the table only cover the following items: assistance offered under the Local Employment Acts and estimated D.E.P. Assistance to industrial training for the two financial years; investment grants for the whole of Wales (including the regional differential element) for 1968–69; and the estimated expenditure for the regional employment premium and the selective employment premium for 1968–69. No regional breakdown is available for the value of free depreciation and investment allowances in the former Development Districts.