§ Mr. Geraint HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the total expenditure of the Mid Wales Development Board in each of the years June 1978 to June 1988 inclusive.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerIt is not possible to provide the information in the form requested. I refer the hon.2W Gentleman to the reply given by my predecessor to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Dr. Thomas) on 23 February 1987 at columns 8–10 and to the recently published Welsh Office "Commentary on Public Expenditure in Wales 1989–90 to 1991–92" (Table 23), which provides details of the Development Board for Rural Wales' gross expenditure for the financial years 1977–78 onwards.