§ Mr. Cledwyn Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total value of grants from EEC sources committed in respect of projects in Wales since 1st January 1973 to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe following table shows that grants and loans totalling £211.34 million have been allocated in respect of projects in Wales since 1st January 1973:
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(ii) Article 55 (grants): Steel Industry— 1. BSC Stripmills Divisional Laboratories. Newport-research project into properties of electro technical steel. 0.22 (iii) Article 56 (loans): Steel Industry— 1. BSC Ebbw Vale (tin plating plant) — — 15.55 — 2. BSC Tafarnaubach (steel-coating plant) — — — 1.25 3. Natural Gas Tubes Ebbw Vale (welded tube mill) — — — 0.95 4. Natural Gas Tubes Ebbw Vale (spiral weld mill) — — — 1.36 (iv) Article 56 (re-adaptation grants): Steel Industry— 1. Re-adaptation benefits allocated to redundant steelworkers. — 0.02 0.51 0.38 B. European Investment Bank Loans— 1. BSC Llanwern (modernising of stripmill) 14.70 — — — 2. BSC Port Talbot (new sinter plant for the preparation of raw materials). — 8.00 — — 3. BSC Port Talbot (new coal handling and blending system) — — — 12.60 4. BSC Shotton (new installation of coating lines) — — 17.50 — 5. Post Office (improvement of telephone services in Wales) — — 17.50 — 6. British Rail, Holyhead (improving Sealink services) — — — 5.50 7. CEGB/Electricity Council Dinorwic (Welsh hydroelectric scheme). — — — 26.00 C. European Social Fund Grants† 2.70 3.50 5.00 n.a. D. Agricultural Grants (EAGGF)‡ 0.83 0.31 0.33 0.07 E. European Regional Development Fund Grants Committed— 1. Infrastructure schemes and advance factories — — 5.80 4.44 2. Industry schemes — — 0.40 3.92 NOTES: * Figures notified to Departments. Approval dates where known. † It is not possible to accurately break down these figures by projects. ‡ In addition Wales benefits from grants awarded in 1973 and 1974 to a bulk milk collection system for England and Wales. In addition, Wales derives benefit from certain loans and grants allocated to the coal and steel industry in the United Kingdom, including the following: (a) ECSC loans (under Article 54 of the Treaty of Paris) for modernising groups of collieries, totaling £55 million; (b) ECSC Article 54 loans for underground plant and equipment, totalling £68million; (c) ECSC Article 55 grants towards research and development in the coal industry, totalling £11.3 million; (d) ECSC Article 56 grants for re-adaptation of coal and steel workers, totalling £15.2 million; (e) loans by the European Investment Bank, totalling £7.20 million for developments at five collieries. It is not possible to say how much of these sums has related specifically to Wales.