asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will confirm that, of the £13 million package announced for steel closure remedial measures in 1979, £2½ million has been new additional cash aid, £2 million has been cash to be found by the British Steel Corporation and the rest has been the proposed Welsh Development Agency allocation for the year in question.

The £13 million that the WDA will be spending in the Shotton area up to the end of 1980–81 comprises approximately £2·5 million from the special remedial package, £2 million from BSC (Industry) Ltd. as its share of the infrastructure work at Dee-side Industrial Park and the balance from the agency's normal budget. This leaves the bulk of the extra money which I have made available to the WDA for Shotton available for use in subsequent years.