HC Deb 18 January 1977 vol 924 cc116-7W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the distribution of (a) regional development grants, (b) assistance under the Local Employment Acts and (c) Regional Selective Industry Act, in Wales according to the size of recipient enterprise whether by number of employees or turnover.

Mr. Alec Jones

Regional development grants and assistance under the Local Employment Acts are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Industry, who until 1st July 1975 was also responsible for regional selective assistance under Section 7 of the Industry Act 1972 for undertakings in Wales.

From 1st July 1975 to 31st December 1976 regional selective assistance totalling £20.6 million has been offered in respect of 134 projects in Wales. The following tables give breakdowns of the number of offers made on the basis of employment at the project location and company turnover at the time of application.

Numbers employed
Number of Offers
0–49 80
50–99 19
100–199 8
200–299 9
300–499 10
500 and over 8
Turnover £000
Number of Offers
0–100 24
100–500 24
500–1,000 17
1,000–5,000 29
5,000–50,000 18
Over 50,000 7

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