§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas has spent on administration and advisory services in Wales and England, respectively, in each year since 1970.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe expenditure is not recorded separately for each country but the totals for both togeher are:
£ 1970–71 610,000 1971–72 740,000 1972–73 786,500 1973–74 887,500 1974–75 (Estimated) 1,180,000 A complete analysis of these figures would require considerable effort but examination of the 1973–74 expenditure indicates that about 15 per cent. was in respect of Wales, and there is no reason to think that the proportion in the other years was significantly different.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money the Small Industries Council for Rural Areas of Scotland has spent on administration, advisory services, industrial and tourism loans, respectively, in each since 1970.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe figures are as follows: