HC Deb 01 July 1991 vol 194 cc31-2W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give details of how public funding provided in 1990–91 to aid the craft industry in Wales via the Welsh Development Agency, the Development Board for Rural Wales and the Wales Craft Council was spent; how many businesses benefited directly therefrom; and if he will make a statement.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The financial year 1990–91 was the final year of the three-year Craft Initiative. Details of how public funding provided to aid the craft industry in Wales was spent during the initiative, and the number of businesses that benefited in that period, were provided in the evaluation of the initiative. A copy of this has been placed in the Library of the House.