§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade on what date the Office for National Statistics informed her of its support for new NUTS 2 maps for(a) Cornwall and (b) Wales; and on what date her Department proposed to Eurostat the adoption of these new definitions. [40358]
§ Mrs. RocheNo new maps for Cornwall and Wales have been agreed. Changes to the NUTS 2 boundaries in the United Kingdom are currently being discussed by Eurostat and the UK Government Statistical Service. Proposals for changes to the UK NUTS structure were sent to Eurostat by the Office for National Statistics in July 1997.