§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will estimate how much will be paid in regional development grants to each county in Wales in each quarter of 1983–84.
§ Mr. TrippierDetailed statistics of regional development grant payments are kept on the basis of employment office areas which do not always coincide with county296W boundaries. These detailed figures take into account only individual payments of £25,000 or over which account for about two thirds of the grant paid. The table gives, for the first three quarters of 1983–84, estimates based on those figures, and on the assumption that the proportion of individual payments of £25,000 or over is constant throughout Wales. There is no satisfactory method of predicting future grant payments at county level.
Estimates of Regional Development Grant paid in respect of assets on premises in each county in Wales in the last three quarters of 1983 County (1) Quarter ending 30 June 1983
(2) Quarter ending 30 September 1983
(3) Quarter ending 31 December 1983
Clwyd 4,694 3,470 5,465 Dyfed 203 3,358 11,932 Gwent 3,026 2,670 2,061 Gwynedd 473 174 — Mid Glamorgan 2,029 2,669 2,450 Powys — 256 — South Glamorgan 753 877 656 West Glamorgan 3,959 882 1,692