§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many areas in the United Kingdom that are part of the United Kingdom's assisted areas map are recognised by the EC for regional development funding; and if he will list them.
§ Mr. Sainsbury[holding answer 2 November 1992]: There are 89 whole travel-to-work areas (TTWAs) and four part-TTWAs in the United Kingdom which are both assisted areas and qualify for EC regional development funding.
The whole TTWAs include: in England—Accrington and Rossendale, Barnsley, Bishop Auckland, Blackburn, Bodmin and Liskeard, Bolton and Bury, Bradford, Bude, Darlington, Doncaster, Durham, Falmouth, Gainsborough, Grimsby, Hartlepool, Helston, Hull, 604W Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Morpeth and Ashington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newquay, Oldham, Penzance and St. Ives, Plymouth, Redruth and Cambourne, Rochdale, Rotherham and Mexborough, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland, Telford and Bridgnorth, Walsall, Widnes and Runcorn, Wigan and St. Helens, Wirral and Chester, and Wolverhampton; in Scotland—Alloa, Arbroath, Ayr, Badenoch, Bat hgate, Campbeltown, Cummock and Sanquhar, Dumbarton, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dunoon and Bute, Falkirk, Forres, Girvan, Glasgow, Greenock, Invergordon and Dingwall, Irvine, Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Lanarkshire, Lochaber, Newton Stewart, Skye and Wester Ross, Stewartry, Stranraer, Sutherland, Western Isles and Wick; in Wales—Aberdare, Bangor and Caernarfon, Bridgend, Cardiff, Cardigan, Ebbw Vale and Abergavenny, Fishguard, Flint and Rhyl, Haverfordwest, Holyhead, Lampeter and Aberaeron, Llanelli, Merthyr and Rhymney, Neath and Port Talbot, Newport, Pontypool and Cwmbran, Pontypridd and Rhondda, Porthmadoc and Ffestiniog, Pwllheli, South Pembrokeshire, Swansea, and Wrexham.
The part-TTWAs include: Birmingham, Coventry and Hinckley, Dudley and Sanderwell, and Manchester.