asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list Wales's share, in percentage terms, of the British allocation of the European regional development fund in each year since 1975; and if he will make a statement.
The commitments to Welsh projects by the European regional development fund since 1975 as compared with the United Kingdom as a whole are as follows:—
*1975
| 1976
| 1977
| 1978
| 1979
| 1980
| 1981
| 1982
| 1983
| 1984
| Total
| |
United Kingdom (£ million) | 150·4 | 99·7 | 162·8 | 153·4 | 193·7 | 245·7 | 243·5 | 345·2 | 1594–5 | ||
Wales (£ million) | 21·1 | 17·1 | 21·7 | 32·5 | 24·8 | 47·3 | 45·1 | 56·3 | 265·9 | ||
Approximate Welsh percentage of United Kingdom commitment | 14 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | ||
* Individual United Kingdom figures for the years 1975 to 1977 are not available. |
For 1985 Wales has to date received commitment amounting to £5·4 million under the fund; this compares with £81 million for the United Kingdom as a whole. However I look forward to the Commission approving further substantial tranches of aid to Wales from the fund in the course of this year and next on the basis that bids totalling over £87 million in grant already submitted to Brussels by the Welsh Office are awaiting decision.
Provision for spending by each health authority in Wales at 1985 prices
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1985–86 prices £000's
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1978–79
| 1979–80
| 1980–81
| 1981–82
| 1982–83
| 1983–84
| 1984–85
| 1985–86*
| |
Clwyd | 63,640 | 66,668 | 75,118 | 75,886 | 76,832 | 75,100 | 79,463 | 83,025 |
East Dyfed | 53,598 | 55,284 | 58,942 | 60,709 | 46,948 | 49,205 | 50,104 | 49,558 |
Pembrokeshire | — | — | — | — | 15,245 | 15,783 | 17,348 | 17,384 |
Gwent | 82,281 | 85,831 | 93,021 | 93,424 | 94,719 | 96,529 | 98,070 | 97,836 |
Gwynedd | 37,071 | 39,304 | 42,456 | 42,877 | 43,835 | 44,155 | 49,412 | 48,151 |
Mid Glamorgan | 96,379 | 97,055 | 103,857 | 106,741 | 106,179 | 107,517 | 113,547 | 116,623 |
Powys | 18,650 | 19,298 | 20,672 | 21,471 | 21,726 | 22,202 | 22,819 | 22,497 |
South Glamorgan | 119,037 | 115,337 | 125,320 | 129,319 | 130,561 | 128,449 | 132,049 | 128,560 |
West Glamorgan | 63,777 | 65,289 | 71,153 | 72,736 | 74,041 | 74,146 | 77,077 | 82,352 |
Central Reserves | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10,938 |
TOTAL | 534,433 | 544,066 | 590,539 | 603,163 | 610,086 | 613.086 | 639,889 | 656,924 |
* Provisional. |
Notes:
(1) The allocations have been adjusted to take account of general inflation as measured by the GDP market price deflator.
(2) Prior to 1982–83 the Dyfed area health authority covered the whole county.
(3) The figures (other than for 1985–86) reflect the end-of-year notified allocations to health authorities for capital and revenue purposes. They do not include any provisions for family practitioner services since expenditure on these services is demand determined and since family practitioner committees became independent of health authorities with effect from 1 April 1985.
(4) The allocations to authorities for 1985–86 are provisional since they reflect only those resources which have been allocated to date. A further £10·9 million is currently being held in central reserves for further developments in the services provided by health authorities. It will be released during the remainder of the financial year.
(5) The figures include both recurrent and non-recurrent provisions.