HC Deb 29 March 1994 vol 240 cc632-3W
Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of state for Wales (1) what policies the Development Board for Rural Wales has for the voluntary sector to be a vehicle for assisting rural communities;

(2) how much funding in each of the last five years and for the next financial year has been allocated by the Development Board for Rural Wales to the voluntary sector for assisting rural communities; and if he will list those organisations and how much each received.

Mr. Redwood

I have asked the chief executive of the Development Board for Rural Wales to write to the hon. Member, and for a copy of the. reply to be placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what procedures are used by the board members and officials of(a) the Welsh Development Agency and (b) the Development Board for Rural Wales to inform themselves of the needs of individual rural areas within their areas of responsibility.

Mr. Redwood

I have asked the chief executives of the agency and the board to write to the hon. Member and for copies of their responses to be placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how much funding in each of the last five years and for the next financial year has been allocated by the Welsh Development Agency to the voluntary sector for assisting rural communities; and if he will list those organisations and how much each received;

(2) what policies the Welsh Development Agency has for the voluntary sector to be a vehicle for assisting rural communities.

Mr. Redwood

I have asked the chief executive of the agency to write to the hon. Member and for a copy of his response to be placed in the Library of the House.