§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many kilometres of new farm roads in the less favoured areas of Wales have been grant-aided; how many schemes this involved; and at what cost, in each year since 1980.
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§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasRecords are not kept of the length of new farm roads attracting grant aid and figures could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
It is not possible to identify separately the number of schemes grant-aided since a particular road may be the subject of more than one claim. The numbers of claims paid under the capital grant schemes for new roads or the improvement of existing roads since 1980 are as follows:
Less favoured area: grant payment on roads Year Number of claims paid Eligible Cost £ Grant Paid £ 1980 246 1,326,797 663,398 1981 332 2,824,973 1,412,486 1982 601 5,689,812 2,844,905 1983 940 10,433,832 5,216,917 1984* 325 3,050,737 1,525,367 * Period January-March 1984 only.
Rate of precept based on the estimated product of a penny rate Local land drainage district 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 A. Welsh water authority Wye 1.4086 1.6338 1.6693 1.8753 2.0139 Usk 0.5667 0.8327 0.8274 1.0712 1.1366 Glamorgan 0.8262 1.1744 0.9225 1.3642 1.4602 South West Wales 0.9602 1.1085 1.1610 1.5141 1.6340 Gwynedd 1.4730 1.3100 1.6314 2.0855 2.2877 Dee and Clwyd 1.4692 1.5340 1.6664 2.0818 2.3034 B. Severn Trent water authority Severn (partly in Wales) 0.6676 0.7593 0.8710 0.9091 0.9849