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Written Assembly Questions tabled on 8 December 2014 for answer on 15 December 2014

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(Self identifying Question no. shown in brackets)

Written Questions must be tabled at least five working days before they are to be answered. In practice, Ministers aim to answer within seven/eight days but are not bound to do so. Answers are published in the language in which they are provided, with a translation into English of responses provided in Welsh.

To ask the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport

Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): Will the Minister list each business supported through the Welsh Economic Growth Fund and the amount of support provided by the fund in each financial year since the fund has been established? (WAQ68116)

Answer received on 15 December 2014

The Minister for Economy, Science and Transport (Edwina Hart): This information was published in response to a Freedom of Information request. This can be seen at

http://wales.gov.uk/about/foi/responses/dl2014/july/atisn8549/?lang=en

To ask the Minister for Health and Social Services

Mark Isherwood (North Wales): How many veterans provided with therapies by NHS Wales - i.e. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - have committed suicide? (WAQ68115)

Answer received on 15 December 2014

The Minister for  Health and Social Services (Mark Drakeford): Veterans’ NHS Wales, which is funded by Welsh Government, reports no veterans engaged in therapy has committed suicide, to its knowledge.

Combat Stress, a leading veterans’ mental health charity, states the suicide rate among UK veterans is not significantly different to the rate among the UK general population.