HC Deb 11 February 1987 vol 110 cc213-4W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what financial assistance has been provided by his Department directly to industry in Wales since 1979; and if he will outline the categories of support provided.

Mr. Butcher

[pursuant to his reply, 6 February 1987, c. 839 From 1 April 1979 to 31 March 1984 regional development grants (RDG) payments to companies in Albuquerque to discuss the experiment carried out there to investigate what would be likely to happen to a pressurised water reactor vessel flawed with a crack and to investigate its relevance to British reactors.

Mr. Goodlad

I am advised by Her Majesty's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate of the Health and Safety Executive that representatives of the Inspectorate have visited the Sandia test site.