§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the amount and type of each grant made available to North Wales Newspapers Limited to assist in the relocation and re-equipping of the company's premises from Oswestry in Shropshire to Mold, Clwyd; what information he has as to the proportion of the company's costs for(a) rebuilding, (b) relocating and (c) new plant and equipment which were met by such aid; if the company gave any information or undertakings on the creation of new jobs as a result of the move or about the continued employment of existing staff after the company's relocation; and if any assurances or undertakings were given on the maintenance of terms and conditions of employment, including trade union recognition, for existing staff after the company's relocation.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerDetails of regional selective assistance offers (exceeding £5,000 and regional development grant payments cumulatively exceeding £25,000 in any quarter) to individual companies are published inBritish Business following a payment under the grant concerned. No information has been published about grants payable to North Wales Newspapers Ltd. in respect of this project. Both the RSA and RDG schemes are linked to the provision of employment opportunities but aspects relating to the terms and conditions of employment and trade union recognition are not subject to the formal criteria of the schemes.