§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish details of financial assistance provided by the European Investment Bank for the development of telecommunications, respectively, in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and North-East England.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldFollowing is the information
Northern Ireland: £18.5 million to the Post Office for the development of the telecommunications network.777WScotland: £17.3 million to the Post Office for the development of the telecommunications network.Wales: £17.5 million to the Post Office to help modernise and extend the telecommunications network in Wales and certain parts of the adjoining counties of England covered by the Wales and the Marches Telecommunications Board.North-East England: £17.6 million to the Post Office for the improvements to the telecommunications network in the North of England