§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any proposals for increasing funds available to Mid-Wales Development for the purpose of industrial development in mid-Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsI hope to make available about ?10 million in total to the Development Board for Rural Wales in 1987–88. The final figure will be published in the Supply Estimates when they are presented to Parliament in March. The allocation of these funds between individual activities is largely a matter for the board.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the amounts of cash given to Mid-Wales Development in each of the years 1979–80 to 1986–87; arid if he will publish a corresponding table giving each of these figures in constant money terms.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsFunds, including housing subsidy, provided or expected to be provided to the Development Board for Rural Wales are, in cash terms:
£million 1979–80 9.97 1980–81 7.45 1981–82 8.18 1982–83 8.92 1983–84 9.14 1984–85 9.72 1985–86 10.34 1986–87 10.10 Comparison in the terms asked for is not directly possible. Government programmes are no longer planned on a constant price basis. However, applying the gross domestic product deflator and at 1986–87 prices, the figures are: 71W
£ million 1979–80 16.59 1980–81 10.44 1981–82 10.44 1982–83 10.61 1983–84 10.40 1984–85 10.61 1985–86 10.65 1986–87 10.10