To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 11 June, Official Report, columns 346–48, if he will list the public bodies, other than the Welsh Office, which can offer urban investment grants; what are the maximum thresholds of grants above which the Welsh Office has to give separate approval; and if he will make a statement.

Cardiff Bay development corporation is the only public sector body in Wales, other than the Welsh Office, which offers urban investment grants. Welsh Office approval is required if the development corporation proposes to make an offer of grant which is greater than the current delegation threshold for projects of £250,000. These delegation arrangements are no different from those which apply to other types of project.