HC Deb 25 March 1980 vol 981 cc547-8W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will confirm that, of the £13 million package announced for steel closure remedial measures in 1979, £2½ million has been new additional cash aid, £2 million has been cash to be found by the British Steel Corporation and the rest has been the proposed Welsh Development Agency allocation for the year in question.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The £13 million that the WDA will be spending in the Shotton area up to the end of 1980–81 comprises approximately £2.5 million from the special remedial package, £2 million from BSC (Industry) Ltd. as its share of the infrastructure work at Dee-side Industrial Park and the balance from the agency's normal budget. This leaves the bulk of the extra money which I have made available to the WDA for Shotton available for use in subsequent years.