§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the value of grants awarded to(a) inward investors, (b) existing indigenous Welsh companies and (c) new indigenous Welsh companies in the last three years for each constituency in Wales; and if he will make a statement. [11184]
§ Mr. HagueThe information is not available in the form requested. Regional selective assistance is the main form of grant aid available for companies wishing to pursue investment projects in Wales. The following table lists the value of RSA grant paid to United Kingdom owned and foreign owned companies between January 1994 and December 1996, for those constituencies which lie either wholly or partly within the assisted area. The figures include residual grant payments to projects which are located in area which are no longer assisted, following the revision of the assisted area map in August 1993.
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Value of RSA payments (£) Constituency UK owned Foreign owned Aberavon 732,591 2,545,000 Alyn and Deeside 5,489,725 4,497,500 Blaenau Gwent 9,482,655 3,156,425 Brecon and Radnor 1,000,259 — Bridgend 685,500 1,710,000 Caernarfon 541,500 280,000 Caephilly 5,407,500 1,402,500 Cardiff Central 2,237,095 1,370,000 Cardiff North 551,696 125,000 Cardiff South and Penarth 678,220 12,000 Cardiff West 27,500 — Carmarthen 253,000 — Ceredigion and Pembroke North 171,000 587,500 Clwyd North West 3,016,500 — Clwyd South West 502,800 1,753,095 Conwy 358,000 86,000 Cynon Valley 2,017,730 410,760 Delyn 3,779,135 2,095,000 Gower 80,945 1,840,956 Islwyn 2,538,000 12,227,210 Llanelli 1,183,320 1,981,668 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 351,000 540,000 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 4,076,986 2,498,000 Monmouth 650,000 1,479,500 Neath 1,206,738 1,500,000 Newport East 4,363,690 3,488,000 Newport West 585,000 612,000 Ogmore 3,926,820 9,271,250 Pembroke 1,075,875 329,500 Pontypridd 5,482,750 9,824,286 Rhondda 2,316,500 232,500 Swansea East 1,539,258 193,000 Swansea West 836,500 863,000 Torfaen 4,857,500 1,089,000 Vale of Glamorgan 205,313 6,172,000 Wrexham 3,737,176 3,195,000 Ynys Mon 3,388,500 1,516,030 Total 79,334,277 78,883,680 Other forms of financial assistance are available, including Mid Wales Development grant which is administered by local authorities in the area covered by the Development Board for Rural Wales.