§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing (a) the level of uptake of selective assistance to industry under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 in cash terms for Wales in each year since 1982 and (b) the percentage change in level of uptake between years.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe value of regional selective assistance grant offers accepted in Wales in the financial years 1982–83, 1985–86 together with the percentage change between those years is as follows:
£ million per cent. 1982–83 22 — 1983–84 51 +131 1984–85 39 -23 1985–86 48 +23