§ Mr. Milneasked the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has made of the number of new jobs in Bedlington during the next 18 months under the Local Employment Act and as a result of other measures designated to create job opportunities.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyFour hundred and forty new jobs are expected to arise within the next four years in authorised new industrial buildings and in existing buildings taken over by manufacturing industry in the Bedlington Local Employment Exchange Area. I regret it is not known how many of these will be provided during the next 18 months.
§ Mr. Milneasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) how many new jobs have been created as a result of the Local Employment Act in each of the years since 1965 in the Blyth, Bedlington and Seaton Delaval areas;
(2) how many new jobs have been created in Bedlington in each of the years since 1965 to the latest available date.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyThe estimated additional employment to be provided172W in industrial buildings for which industrial development certificates have been issued is given in the following table:
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING APPROVED* ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT† Bedlington Blyth Seaton Delaval 1965 140‡ 810 370 1966 190 320 1967 Nil Nil 3,990 1968 (January-September) 140 360 360 * Industrial buildings for which industrial development certificates have been issued in the years shown. † Employment expected to arise when projects are fully manned as estimated by the applicants for the certificates at the time of application. ‡ Owing to the risk of disclosure of individual schemes separate figures cannot be given for Bedlington in 1965 and 1966.