HC Deb 09 December 1997 vol 302 cc516-7W
Mr. Denzil Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the GDP per capita of(a) South West Wales and (b) North Wales as a percentage of the (i) United Kingdom and (ii) European Union averages. [19110]

Mr. Hain

The latest available information is shown in the following table.

Gross Domestic Product per head, 1994
PPS1 units (thousands) Percentage of United Kingdom average Percentage of European Union average
Dyfed (South West Wales) 11.9 72 71
Gwynedd and Clwyd (North Wales) 13.8 84 83

SourceEurostat.

1Figures are given in PPS (purchasing power standard) units to cancel out differences in price levels between countries.

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