§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the figures for investment by the Welsh Development Agency since its inception.
§ Mr. Peter Walker[holding answer 5 May 1989]: Capital investment on mainstream Welsh Development Agency programmes is as follows:
£ million 1976–77 15 1977–78 26 1978–79 24 1979–80 22 1980–81 49 1981–82 48 1982–83 47 1983–84 44 1984–85 50 1985–86 43 1986–87 49 1987–88 71 1988–89 81 The figures do not include the special provision of about £120 million which was made available to the WDA to tackle the needs of Wales arising from the steel closures in the late 1970s and early 1980s. For details of this provision, I refer to the reply I gave to the right hon. Member for Swansea, West (Mr. Williams) on 18 January 1988 at column 612.