HC Deb 16 December 1954 vol 535 cc185-6W
Mr. Murray

asked the Minister of Labour the total of new jobs provided in Durham County during the years 1945 to 1954.

Sir W. Monckton

At the end of August, 1954, the latest date for which figures are available, new firms established in County Durham since the war, after receiving approval of their location from the Board of Trade, were employing 32,450 workers, including 13,420 males and 19,030 females. The total of new jobs provided by the expansion of firms established in the county before 1945, or by new firms which did not require approval of location, cannot be accurately assessed, but is known to be very considerable.