§ Mr. Armstrongasked the President of the Board of Trade how many of the 7,000 jobs in prospect in West Durham are likely to be located in the Weardale rural, Crook and Willington urban, Brandon and Byshottles urban and Lanchester rural council areas; and how many will be for men and women, respectively.
§ Mr. DarlingThere are altogether more than 700 jobs in prospect in these areas, including over 600 for men and about 100 for women. I regret I cannot give separate figures for each area since to do so would involve the disclosure of confidential information about individual firms.
§ Mr. Armstrongasked the President of the Board of Trade how many of the 21 applications for industrial development in the West Durham area during the past 12 months were for development in Wear-dale rural, Crook and Willington urban district, Brandon and Byshottles and Lanchester rural council areas, respectively; and what assistance was given in each case.
§ Mr. DarlingTwo for the Crook and Willington urban district area, one each for the Weardale and Lanchester rural districts and none for the Brandon and128W Byshottles rural district area. To answer the second part of the question would reveal confidential information about individual firms.