§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his reply of 6 July to the hon. Member for Grimsby concerning loans from the European Investment Bank, Official Report, 6 July, columns 54–5, whether he will publish in the Official Report, (a) corresponding figures for loans from the new Community 39W instrument and (b) the projects in Wales for which the European Investment Bank and new Community instrument loans were made.
§ Mr. Bruce-GardyneFigures for loans under the New Community Instrument (NCI) are set out in table 1. Table 2 lists the projects in Wales for which loans from the EIB and NCI have been made.
Table 1 £ million Loans from the New Community Instrument for Borrowing and Lending (NCI) 1979 1980 1981 England — — 20.0 Scotland 16.3 — — Wales 50.0 — — Northern Ireland — — — Total 66.3 — 20.0
Table 2 Wales £ million (i) Loans from the EIB 1979 Construction of factory to produce aluminium cans for soft drinks industry at Wrexham 5.0 Construction of mineral wool factory at Bridgend 2.5 Construction of factory to produce plastic compounds and products for motor vehicle, domestic appliances and furniture industries at Blaenau Festiniog 0.6 Construction of factory to process coated carton paper for milk packaging and drink packs at Wrexham 2.6 Construction of Dinorwic pumped storage power station 70.0 Extension and modernisation of telecommunications network 60.0 40W
United Kingdom Percentage change on previous year Output Output per person employed Whole economy Whole economy less production industries Manufacturing Whole economy less production industries Manufacturing Unemployment rate (percentage) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1952 -0.7 NA -5.0 NA -4.7 1.6 1953 +4.1 NA +7.1 NA +6.1 1.5 1954 +4.1 NA +5.4 NA +2.9 1.2 1955 +3.4 NA +6.3 NA +4.1 1.0 1956 +1.0 NA -0.2 NA -0.8 1.0 1957 +1.8 NA +2.4 NA +2.8 1.2 1958 -0.1 NA -0.9 NA +0.3 1.8 1959 +4.6 NA +5.8 NA +5.0 1.9 1960 +5.4 NA +8.0 NA +5.1 1.4 1961 +1.8 NA +0.2 NA -0.8 1.2 1962 +1.4 NA +0.2 NA +1.1 1.7 1963 +3.3 NA +3.6 NA +4.7 2.1 1964 +6.1 NA +9.1 NA +7.5 1.5 1965 +2.8 NA +2.8 NA +1.5 1.2 1966 +1.8 NA +1.8 NA +1.9 1.2 1967 +1.8 NA +0.6 NA +3.5 2.1 1968 +4.2 +2.4 +7.1 +2.2 +7.9 2.3 1969 +2.0 +1.4 +3.7 +1.3 +2.4 2.2 1970 +1.7 +3.0 +0.4 +2.4 +0.6 2.4 1971 +1.4 +2.8 -1.1 +3.4 +2.2 3.2 1972 +3.1 +4.0 +2.4 +1.5 +5.9 3.5 1973 +5.8 +4.2 +9.2 +1.5 +8.6 2.5 1974 -1.6 — -1.2 -1.1 -1.5 2.3 1975 -1.8 +0.7 -7£0 -1.3 -2.6 3.7 1976 +1.9 +1.5 +2.0 +0.8 +5.3 5.6 1977 +2.6 +1.6 +1.9 +1.2 +1.6 6.0 1978 +3.3 +3.2 +0.5 +2.3 +1.1 6.0
Wales £ million Total 140.7 1980 Construction of a mineral wool factory at Bridgend 1.0 Construction of a factory for the production of home laundry appliances at Rhyl, Clwyd 4.0 Water supply, sewerage and sewage disposal schemes 7.5 Total 12.5 1981 NIL (ii) Loans from the New Community Instrument for Borrowing and Lending (NCI) 1979 Construction of Dinorwic hydroelectric power station 50.0 1980 NIL 1981 NIL