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1990-91
|£ million |Percentage
|total
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Northern |136.8 |14.90
North West<1> |99.5 |10.90
Merseyside |67.0 |7.30
West Midlands |99.4 |10.80
East Midlands |28.7 |3.10
Yorkshire and Humberside |80.6 |8.80
London |385.8 |42.10
South West |17.6 |1.90
South East<2> |0.2 |0.02
Eastern<2> |0.5 |0.05
<1> DoE Region excludes Merseyside.
<2> Derelict Land Grant only.
Royal Parks
Mr. Gould : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of companies short listed for the maintenance contract for each of the royal parks.
Mr. Heseltine [holding answer 16 January 1992] : We will be publishing the names of the successful contractors for the royal parks garden and landscape maintenance contracts shortly. However, the names on the select tender list are commercial in confidence and will not therefore be published.
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Right to Buy
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to propose amendments to housing law such that all local authority tenants entitled to the right-to-buy, who are offered transfers to an assured tenancy with a housing association, must be informed of their loss of entitlement to the right-to-buy on acceptance of such a transfer, and must be financially compensated if information on the loss of right-to-buy entitlement is not provided by the housing association prior to the signing of their transfer acceptance ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Yeo [holding answer 17 January 1992] : No. Local authority tenants whose homes are transferred to a housing association have their right to buy preserved. A local authority tenant who moves to a different property owned by a housing association will be offered an assured tenancy which does not carry the right to buy, but the tenants guarantee issued by the Housing Corporation under section 36A of the Housing Associations Act 1985 calls on the association to explain this.
Advertising Expenditure
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for the financial years (a) 1989-90, (b) 1990-91, (c) 1991-92, (d) 1992-93, and (e) 1993-94 actual or projected expenditure on (i) print and (ii) audio visual media advertising by UK Nirex Ltd.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : I have been asked to reply.
This is a management matter for the company.
SCOTLAND
Emissions
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish information on the (a) gross and (b) per capita emissions in Scotland of (i) agricultural CH , (ii) non-agricultural CH , (iii) CO from land use change and (iv) CO from industrial usage.
Mr. Allan Stewart : I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Merionnydd Nant Conwy (Dr. Thomas) on 20 December 1991.
Ewes
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether enzootic abortion in ewes is a notifiable disease ; what criteria is applied to the notification of diseases tested by the Veterinary Investigation Service ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Enzootic abortion in ewes is not a notifiable disease either in the United Kingdom or the European Community. The main criteria applied to the categorisation of a disease as notifiable are that national action is needed to control or eradicate it and that its uncontrolled spread among farm animals could be severely detrimental in economic, trade or public health terms.
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all the confirmed cases of BSE in Scotland (a) in 1991 and (b) before 1991 on a regional basis.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information for Scotland is set out in the table.
Region |Cases confirmed|Cases confirmed
|before 1991 |during 1991
|(provisional)
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Borders |35 |50
Central |24 |19
Dumfries |164 |183
Fife |53 |29
Grampian |158 |109
Highland |48 |30
Lothian |20 |11
Orkney |10 |3
Shetland |3 |-
Strathclyde |231 |155
Tayside |67 |41
Western Isles |1 |-
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the location, including the region, of the incinerators which dispose of BSE-infected cattle that are currently operating in Scotland and in each case give the potential capacity and actual capacity for through put each week of infected cattle ; whether he has plans to introduce new incinerators ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : There are eight incinerators which dispose of BSE-infected cattle currently in Scotland. They are located at Aberdeen (Grampian), Ayr, (Strathclyde), Edinburgh (Lothian), Inverness (Highland), Kirkwall (Orkney), Lerwick (Shetland), Perth (Tayside) and St.Boswells (Borders).
My right hon. Friend is satisfied that these provide enough capacity to incinerate all suspect BSE carcases, and has no plans to introduce new incinerators.
Sheep HLCA
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will add a 50p premium to the sheep hill livestock compensatory allowance ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : We will announce the rates for the 1992 HLCA scheme as soon as possible.
Foresterhill Hospital
Mr. Salmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the costs incurred by Grampian health board as a result of the application by management at Foresterhill hospital unit for trust status ; and if he will provide a breakdown of the costs by each identifiable category.
Mr. Lang : I refer to the replies given to the hon. Member for Aberdeen, North (Mr. Hughes) at col. 339 .
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WALES
Swansea Council (Expenditure)
13. Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he last met the leaders of Swansea city council to discuss council spending.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Council spending is discussed at the Welsh Consultative Council on Local Government Finance, a meeting of which my right hon. Friend chaired on 13 January.
Labour Statistics
14. Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the level of unemployment in Wales in (a) November/December 1981, (b) November/December 1986 and (c) currently.
Mr. David Hunt : In December 1981, 1986 and 1991, the levels of seasonally adjusted unemployment in Wales were 136,000, 162,000 and 121,600 respectively.
Maastricht Agreements
15. Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he will next meet European Commissioner Millan to discuss the effect on the economy of Wales of the agreements reached at Maastricht.
Mr. David Hunt : I was due to meet Commissioner Millan this morning but due to illness he has unfortunately had to cancel his visit to Wales.
Inward Investment
16. Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the value of inward investment in Wales since 1979.
Mr. David Hunt : Based on information provided by companies at the time of their decision to invest, 575 overseas investment projects have been recorded since 1979 promising over 71,000 new and safeguarded jobs and capital investment in excess of £3 billion. These excellent figures do not include investment from elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
Economic Prospects
17. Mr. Alan W. Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the prospects for the Welsh economy during 1992.
Mr. David Hunt : The essential ingredients for recovery are in place --we have low inflation rates, lower interest rates and rising real incomes. I am confident that the diversified nature of the Welsh economy, together with our success in attracting investment from both home and abroad, will ensure that Wales will emerge from the recession in a strong position.
Homelessness
18. Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the latest number of homeless persons in Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The number of people within households accepted as homeless by housing authorities in Wales under the Housing Act 1985 in the third quarter of 1991 was 6,156.
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Housing Opportunities
19. Mr. Hain : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about new housing opportunities for the people of Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The agenda for Action for Housing in Wales, published last November, sets firm objectives and clear targets for encouraging home ownership, creating greater diversity of choice and supply in the rented sector and for improving the quality of both the housing stock and the levels of occupants.
General Practitioners (Targets)
20. Mr. Grist : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of general practitioners in Wales are meeting the (a) higher and (b) lower targets for children's immunisation, pre-school boosters and for cervical cytology tests.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The latest date for which figures are available reflect payments made to general practitioners on 1 April 1991.
|Higher target|Lower target
|payment |payment
|per cent. |per cent.
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Children's immunisation |41 |36
Pre-school boosters |30 |33
Cervical cytology tests |42 |49
Rural Rental Housing
21. Mr. Livsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses to rent he expects to be built as part of his rural initiative ; and how many he expects to be built for purchase.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I expect the investment we propose to make in rural housing in 1992-93 to lead to at least 1,225 new units. It is for local authorities, in consultation with Housing for Wales and other partners, to determine the mix between homes for rent and homes for purchase.
Cataract Operations
22. Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the contractual number of cataract operations funded by his Department at the treatment centre in Bridgend for the current financial year.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : For the available period in 1991-92 the Department's contract with the ophthalmic treatment centre at Bridgend general hospital is for a minimum of 275 cataract and 25 other ophthalmic operations.
Cardiac Services
23. Mr. Anderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the future of cardiac services in south-west Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I refer to the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mr. Jones) on 13 January.
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Rechem International
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales on what dates in the last 10 years Rechem International exceeded its consent discharge limit for polychlorinated biphenyls into the public sewer ; and if he will specify what the excess levels were in each instance.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I will write to the hon. Gentleman.
Traffic Speed Limits
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what progress there has been with the use of 20 mph speed limits on Welsh residential roads ; what review he has made of the procedures involved ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : A circular was issued in April 1991, to all local highway authorities in Wales, giving guidance on the use of 20 mph speed limit zones and a number are considering suitable areas. Before making the necessary orders they are required to obtain the Secretary of State's consent. I am not aware of any problems with the procedures and await the first application.
Trawsfynydd Lake (Radiation)
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the results of the MAFF fisheries inspectorate monitoring with respect to the annual external and internal organ lifetime permitted internal radiation doses received by anglers who use and live near Trawsfynydd lake.
Mr. David Hunt : The current annual dose limit to members of the public recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is 1 millisievert (mSv) per year. No distinction is made between external and internal sources, both components being included if relevant. When setting the limts for doses, ICRP recognises that radionuclides taken into the body may remain there for different periods.
For 1990, the fisheries radiological inspectorate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has calculated the following estimated dose rates for the most highly exposed group of local anglers at Trawsfynydd ; 0.07 mSV from the consumption of fish caught in the lake (internal) ; 0.01 mSv from the inhalation of airborne sediment (internal) ; and 0.02 mSv from occupancy of the lakeside (external) making a total of 0.10 mSv to members of this group in 1990. This total is well within the internationally recommended safety limit of 1 mSv per year referred to in my reply of 18 December at columns 357-38.
Health Service Expenditure
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Cardiff, North (Mr. Jones) on 3 December 1991, Official Report, columns 99-100, if he will publish figures for NHS expenditure for Wales after adjustments for NHS pay and prices have been taken into consideration.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I refer the hon. Gentleman to my reply to the hon. Member for Cardiff, West (Mr. Morgan) on 17 December at columns 137- 38.
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Labour Statistics
Mr. Geraint Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of those currently unemployed in Wales are under 25 years of age ; what was the corresponding figure for 1971 and 1981 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : In October 1991 32.3 per cent. of all unemployment claimants in Wales were under 25 years of age. The earliest comparable month for which data are available is October 1983, when the corresponding figure was 42.8 per cent.
GPs (Night Calls)
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what proposals he has put (a) to general practitioners in Wales and (b) to family health services authorities in Wales to help reduce the problem of night-time calls ;
(2) what steps he intends to take to ensure that any measures aimed at curbing the increase in night-time calls to general practitioners in Wales do not discourage those who are in genuine need of advice or help.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : One of the basic aims of the new contract for GPs is to make it more responsive to patient needs and demands. Requests for night visits reflect patient demand and the Government will not do anything that might prejudice the proper provision of general medical services in cases of genuine need. The decision as to whether a night visit should be made in any particular case is and must be governed by a GP's clinical judgment.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to exclude charges from any steps aimed at reducing night-time calls on general practitioners in Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : There are no proposals and never have been to charge patients for night-time calls. The article which appeared in the Wales on Sunday newspaper was based on a misunderstanding. The £45 referred to in the article is the fee paid by the FHSA to the GP for visiting a patient on his list. The hon. Gentleman's comments in the report alleging that it was part of a government plan to privatise the NHS are revealed for the nonsense they are. I advise the hon. Gentleman to check his facts before making baseless statements which could mislead and cause needless worry.
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the location, including the county, of the incinerators which dispose of BSE-infected cattle that are currently operating in Wales and in each case give the potential capacity and actual capacity for throughput each week of infected cattle ; whether he has plans to introduce new incinerators ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : At present there are two incinerators in Wales used for this purpose, located in Dyfed and Clwyd. These together with incinerators located in England currently provide enough capacity to incinerate all suspect BSE carcases. I expect that these facilities will continue to prove sufficient to incinerate all such carcases from Wales.
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Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all the confirmed cases of BSE in Wales (a) in 1991 and (b) before 1991 on a county basis.Mr. David Hunt : The number of cases of confirmed BSE in Wales on a county basis (a) in 1991 (b) before 1991 is as follows :
County |1991 |Before
|1991
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Clwyd |288 |287
Dyfed |1,019 |1,015
Gwent |123 |186
Gwynedd |63 |73
Mid Glamorgan |35 |60
Powys |191 |232
South Glamorgan |44 |66
West Glamorgan |6 |13
Redundancies
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will introduce specific measures to alleviate the effects of redundancy upon the workers recently declared redundant by Denis Ferranti Meters at its factory in Gwynedd ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : In July of last year we announced a substantial package of measures to help unemployed people back into work. This includes expert advice, help in looking for a job, extra training and a new work experience programme through employment action. This new package, together with other measures already in place, amounts to the most comprehensive set of programmes we have ever had to alleviate unemployment and help those who have lost their jobs. In addition my Department, the Welsh Development Agency and other Government agencies also operate a wide range of other measures aimed at combating unemployment. The Welsh Office and all the other bodies will continue to look for, and respond swiftly to, development opportunities that arise which have the potential to reduce unemployment.
Labour Statistics
Mr. Roy Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the figures for male unemployment in Newport, Gwent and Wales at the latest available date.
Mr. David Hunt : In December 1991, there were 5,466, 15,155 and 97, 065 unemployed male claimants in the Newport district, Gwent and Wales respectively.
Neighbourhood Hospital, South Glamorgan
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 13 January, Official Report, column 509, what additional information his Department sought from the South Glamorgan health authority on 23 December regarding its application for approval in principle for the construction of the new neighbourhood hospital on the site of the former St. David's hospital ; when the original application for approval was made ; and how many other requests his Department has made before 23 December for additional information.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave him on 16 January 1992. Our Department
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required South Glamorgan health authority to comply with the mandatory Capricode health building procedures following earlier guidance given to the authority in July 1991.Quangos
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what new quangos he plans to establish during 1992.
Mr. David Hunt : In 1992 my present plans include the establishment of the Wales Youth Agency and, subject to the Further and Higher Education Bill receiving Royal Assent, the Further and higher education funding councils for Wales.
Heart Operations
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mr. Jones) of 13 January, Official Report, column 507, what other initiatives have been undertaken since the target for heart operations per annum was set ; and in what ways the option appraisal on how to make good the balance of the target will differ from the other initiatives.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : In addition to the developments outlined in my answer to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mr. Jones) on 13 January 1992, we have already invested in excess of £7 million capital and over £5 million revenue to improve cardiac facilities, including vital support services, at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in order to increase capacity to 600 adults and 100 paediatric open heart operations per annum, with cardiology at an appropriate level.
Since 1989-90, a further £1.1 million has been made available to South Glamorgan health authority to contract, on behalf of all south Wales DHAs, for additional adult cardiac surgery at other specialist centres following assessment of patients at UHW. An additional £0.5 million has enabled UHW to undertake an increased number of angioplasty and valvuloplasty procedures on Welsh patients. Clwyd health authority, which secures its cardiac services from specialist centres in England, has also received additional central funding, on a recurrent basis to increase provision for its patients.
Pending the establishment of the paediatric cardiac unit at UHW, as an interim measure, services have been procured from the specialist children's hospital in Bristol for which nearly £400,000 additional funding has been provided.
The option appraisal will establish the alternatives available for meeting the balance of 400 adult operations in the light of the latest estimate of need, capacity created by the development programme already announced, medical and technological advance and the opportunities available.
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving me the opportunity to set out the progress being made in the Welsh NHS in this speciality.
Development Board for Rural Wales
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 13 January, Official Report, column 508, whether the attempt to recover the improperly paid sum to the past chief executive of the
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Development Board for Rural Wales, was directed at (a) Dr. Skewis alone, (b) the chairman of the board alone or (c) both, indicating in which order.Mr. David Hunt : I understand that recovery has been sought from Dr. Skewis, who has declined a request from the Development Board for Rural Wales for re-payment of the sum paid in respect of untaken leave.
Hospital Provision
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 13 January, Official Report, column 510, what involvement the NHS directorate in Wales had in the decision to set up the review of hospital provision in South and Mid Glamorgan.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Directorate officials discussed the proposal with those concerned, but the decision to proceed and on what basis was made by the health authorities and the College of Medicine alone.
Cardiff Bay Barrage
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what progress he has made in fulfilling the undertaking in respect of the possible effects of groundwater given in 1990 to the House of Commons Select Committee which examined the Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill.
Mr. David Hunt : The Select Committee which considered the private Bill requested in May 1990 that a further year's work on groundwater modelling be undertaken by Hydrotechnica. It required a three-month consultation exercise to be carried out, following which I would make my decision. The Committee specified that I should allow public funds to be put towards the construction of the barrage only if I was satisfied that all the relevant economic, technical and safety criteria could be met. When the private Bill fell in April 1991, I announced that I would none the less continue to honour the commitment to that Committee.
The further year's work ended in August 1991, and the consultation period began on 25 September that year. Copies of the report, together with the response of Cardiff Bay development corporation, were laid before the House. The start of consultation was announced by means of a public notice in the press and received widespread media coverage. People and organisations who had taken a particular interest in the subject were also notified individually. The consultation period ended on 31 December, but I have also taken account of the few representations which came in after this date. In view of the complexities of the issues concerned, I commissioned Mr. Roy Stoner, director of the Institute of Irrigation Studies at the university of Southampton, to act as my independent expert adviser. A copy of his advice is attached to this letter. Mr. Stoner has read the Hydrotechnica report, the development corporations's response and all of the submissions received as part of the consultation exercise.
I received some 140 responses to the consultation exercise, of which 89 were "pro-forma" letters expressing general concerns about groundwater, with particular reference to the writers' houses. A large number of the other representations also expressed fairly general concerns about groundwater and the protected property
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line. A small number of submissions discussed the issues in depth, and these were analysed individually in Mr. Stoner's report, a copy of which is in the Library of the House. I have considered most carefully all the evidence in the report from Hydrotechnica, the development corporation's response and representations during the three- month consultation period.Taking each of the criteria set by the Select Committee in turn, I shall deal first with safety. Having considered all of the evidence, I have no reason to think that the predicted groundwater levels, even in what Hydrotechnica predict to be the "extreme case", will present any risk to safety when considered together with the proposed remedial measures.
Some respondents referred to the separate issue of river flooding in their submissions. I note in this context that the National Rivers Authority, the body with statutory responsibility, has commented : "during events equivalent to design events for the flood defences, the barrage will not reduce the levels of protection provided and may create a worthwhile improvement".
On the technical criterion, I am satisfied that the remedial measures for buildings envisaged by the development corporation, together with the additional drainage recommended for certain sensitive areas, are technically feasible. However, I noted with interest the suggestion by Mr. Stoner that the possibility of de-watering wells should be investigated. In view of the prospect of reducing the disruption to householders, I have asked the corporation to commission a study of this proposal. I am also grateful to Mr. Stoner for his suggestion that the protected property line should be extended in two areas. I am disposed to accept his recommendation. Finally, on the economic criterion, I note that the costs of remedial works should the "extreme case" materialise would be some £9 million greater than the costs for the "most likely" case included in the financial memorandum. I have therefore re-considered the economic appraisal on the basis of the "extreme case" figures. The result shows only a marginal reduction of the return on the barrage. I also note that de- watering wells, if practicable, could considerably reduce costs, but I have not relied on this in making my decision. I am therefore satisfied that all of the criteria relating to groundwater--safety, technical and economic-- can be met. Subject, therefore, to parliamentary approval for the Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill, I propose to make public funding available for the construction of the barrage.
Local Authorities (Capital Spending)
Mr. Alan W. Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are local authority capital expenditure allocations for 1991-92 and for 1992-93 for each local authority in Wales ; and what is the percentage increase (i)in cash terms and (ii) in real terms.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett [holding reply 17 January] : Local authorities no longer receive capital allocations. Since 1990-91 these have been replaced by credit approvals. Basic credit approvals for 1991-92 and 1992-93 for individual authorities are shown in the following table. These are unhypothecated to individual services. In addition, local authorities also receive direct capital grant and supplementary credit approvals for specific schemes/services such as projects of national importance, road
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schemes, urban programme and housing grants. In total for Wales these are £262 million for 1991-92 and £320 million for 1992-93.
Basic credit approvals
|1991-92<1>|1992-93<2>|Per cent. |Per cent.
|increase |increase
|in cash |in real
|£000 |£000 |terms |terms<3>
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Alyn and Deeside |1,692 |2,559 |51 |45
Colwyn |1,673 |1,765 |5 |1
Delyn |1,712 |2,018 |18 |13
Glyndwr |1,264 |1,435 |14 |9
Rhuddlan |1,722 |1,918 |11 |7
Wrexham Maelor |5,653 |5,910 |5 |0
Carmarthen |1,572 |1,890 |20 |15
Ceredigion |1,715 |2,135 |24 |19
Dinefwr |1,246 |1,472 |18 |13
Llanelli |4,097 |4,152 |1 |-3
Preseli Pembroke |2,120 |3,236 |53 |46
South Pembroke |1,387 |1,627 |17 |12
Blaenau Gwent |3,825 |4,232 |11 |6
Islwyn |1,480 |2,328 |57 |51
Monmouth |2,298 |2,788 |21 |16
Newport |3,061 |3,840 |25 |20
Torfaen |3,188 |4,172 |31 |25
Aberconwy |1,667 |2,131 |28 |22
Arfon |2,588 |2,841 |10 |5
Dwyfor |1,390 |1,440 |4 |-1
Meirionnydd |1,114 |1,159 |4 |0
Ynys Mon |2,115 |2,646 |25 |20
Cynon Valley |2,809 |3,446 |23 |17
Merthyr Tydfil |2,102 |2,658 |26 |21
Ogwr |3,996 |3,690 |-8 |-12
Rhondda |2,978 |3,566 |20 |15
Rhymney Valley |4,405 |4,752 |8 |3
Taff Ely |2,844 |1,860 |-35 |-37
Brecknock |1,213 |1,506 |24 |19
Montgomeryshire |1,583 |1,883 |19 |14
Radnorshire |558 |728 |30 |25
Cardiff |6,532 |13,908 |113 |104
Vale of Glamorgan |2,926 |3,946 |35 |29
Port Talbot |2,784 |3,158 |13 |9
Lliw Valley |2,471 |2,717 |10 |5
Neath |2,160 |2,792 |29 |24
Swansea |6,892 |8,631 |25 |20
Clwyd |12,983 |12,063 |-7 |-11
Dyfed |13,017 |13,204 |1 |-3
Gwent |13,846 |14,441 |4 |0
Gwynedd |8,626 |8,592 |0 |-5
Mid Glamorgan |18,787 |19,086 |2 |-3
Powys |6,550 |6,727 |3 |-2
South Glamorgan |12,598 |12,579 |0 |-4
West Glamorgan |11,906 |12,357 |4 |-1
Total Districts |94,835 |116,935 |23 |18
Total Counties |98,314 |99,050 |1 |-4
Total Wales |193,149 |215,985 |12 |7
<1> Excludes discretionary renovation grants, which for 1991-92 were
issued as supplementary credit approvals.
<2> Includes discretionary renovation grants.
<3> Using assumed increase in gdp deflator of 4.5 per cent.
Plant Breeding Station
Mr. Geraint Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he is satisfied with the experimental work carried out at the Welsh plant breeding station at Gogerddan, Cardiganshire ; and if he will make a statement.
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