Section 8

Directorate-General For Regional Policy

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Wales
European Regional Development Fund

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EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
UK REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
1986-90
Section 8: Wales
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COMMISSION
OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES This document has been prepared for use within the Commission. It does not
necessarily represent the Commission's official position.
Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication.
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1987
Vol.5 : ISBN 92-825-7196-3
Vol. 1-6: ISBN 92-825-7199-8
Catalogue number: CB-98-87-005-EN-C
© ECSC-EEC-EAEC, Brussels - Luxembourg, 1987
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European Regional Development Fund
UK REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME 1986-90
Section 8: WaLes
Document This document has been prepared for use within the Commission. It does not
necessarily represent the Commission's official position.
Copyright ECSC-EEC-EAEC, Brussels - Luxembourg, 1987
Reproduction is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the
source is acknowledged. European Regional Development Fund
UK REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME 1986-90
Section 8: Wales BDBAAF
UK REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 1986-90
CONTENTS
The Programme consists of detailed information on regional or
sub-regional areas (Sections 7 to 10) preceded by general
information on the United Kingdom (Sections ι to 6). This is
Section *B
SECTIONS 1 TO 6 - UNITED KINGDOM: GENERAL
Section ι Introduction
2 Economic ana Social Analysis
3 Development objectives
4 Measures ror Development
5 Financial Resources
6 Co-ordination of Government Activities in the
Reg ions
Annex ι - UK Government Departments with an Interest in the
Programme
Annex 2 - Maps of Planning Regions
Annex 3 - Central Government Funds
Annex 4 - The Assisted Areas
Annex 5 - Assistance for Industry and Tourism
Annex 6 - Infrastructure Authorities and Programmes
Anne*~7 - Declining Industries
Annex 8 - UK Regional Job Deficiency Projections
STATISTICAL TABLES (1 TO 40): Index precedes tables
SECTION 7 - ENGLAND
7A North East
7B Whitby
7C Bradford
7D Humberside 7E South YorKshire
7F Workington
7G Greater Manchester
7H r Merseyside
7J West Midlands
7K Corby
7L South West
7M Cinderrord and Ross-on-Wye
SECTION 8 - WALES
8A Overview
8B \'ortn East Wales
8C North West Wales
o'ù South West Wales
8E Industriai South Wales
8F Μια Wales
SECTION 9 - SCOTLAND
9A Overview
9B Scotland-Highlands and Islands
9C Scotland-East Central
9D Scotland-West l
9E Scotland-South West
SECTION lO - -NORTHERN IRELAND PREFACE
Sections 1 to 6 of this Programme have described in general
terms the main regional problems of the United Kingdom and
the policies which are being applied to overcome them.
Sections 7 to 10 describe in greater detail the situation in
the areas where the UK may be seeking assistance from the
European Regional Development Fund. In common with tne
preceding sections these regional profiles have been
structured in accordance with the requirements of the
outline for Regional Development Programme*(of ficial journal
No C69/2 of 24 March 1976). Each profile is preceded by a
summary table and map which together define the area covered
and an index to the contents.
The regional profiles cover contiguous blocks of travel to
work areas (TTWAs) which have Assisted Area Status or Aided
Area Status and are thus eligible for ERDF assistance. As
far as possible these are defined to concide with local
authority areas or groups of areas and have been
considerably revised since the previous Regional Development
Programme so as to facilitate the compilation and
presentation of information in a sensible way. Unlike
certain other Member States, the UK does not have a federal
system or government. Institutional arrangements and the
resulting administerative structure are both highly
centralised with central planning undertaken through
separate regional and sub-regional authorities. For strong
functional reasons different sectoral planning authorities
operate according to t regional boundaries.Some of
the illustrative statistics in the Programme therefore may
relate to slightly different areas because so much
information is compiled using local authority districts,
counties or some other sectoral planning units. The length
and detail of the individual profiles vary as there is a
considerable variation in geographical and demographic size.
The variety has many advantages, for it is an opportunity to
compare the operation and planning of regional development
in areas of differing size and make up.
Although the outline provides a structure for each of the
regional profiles considerable variety has been used in the
definition and■presentation of problems, plans and
individual development measures to avoid a rigid format. As
far as possible information has been presented to accord
with the extent of each particular Profile area. However
the sort of information and the level of detail required is
not always readily available in the standard form for this
purpose and could not be obtained except at disproportionate
cost. Approximations or surrogate data for the nearest
corresponding administrative unit have therefore been
necessary. This approach over the structure and content
illustrates the degree to which participation of local and
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preparation of Profiles. Local authorities in Northern
Ireland have not however been involved in the preparation of
Section 10 of the Programme.
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