§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what financial assistance he has given to(a) British Aerospace (Airbus) Broughton, (b) Raytheon Jets, (c) British Steel Shotton, (d) Optical Fibres, Deeside and (e) Pilkington, Deeside. [6286]
§ Mr. HagueThe main form of financial assistance available to companies in Wales is regional selective assistance. The Department's relationship with individual companies is commercially confidential but details of projects where companies have received an offer of £75,000 or more are published, following the first payment of grant, in the quarterly publication "Labour Market Trends".
In the last four years, the following information has been published: