§ Mr. McBrideasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many new jobs, to the latest convenient date, have been created in Wales since June 1970, excluding those jobs created in service and manufacturing industries under the provisions of the Industry Act.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantI regret that this information is not available. However, the additional employment expected to arise from projects in Wales which were offered assistance under the Local Employment Act in the period 1st June 1970 to 28th February 1973 was estimated at 29,853 jobs at the time the assistance was approved.
§ Mr. McBrideasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how
MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION At 1963 Prices 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 United Kingdom (£ million) 1,169 1,380 1,465 1,488 1,467 1,517 1,664 1,751 West Germany (DM million) 2,550 2,807 2,992 2,981 2,690 2,841 n.a. n.a. France (Fr. million) 2,812 3,025 3,121 3,377 3,495 3,593 4,154 4,815 n.a. = not available. Sources: National Accounts of OECD countries; 1959–1968 (OECD, Paris, 1970), and 1960–1970 (OECD, Paris, 1972).
§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish a table from international sources
106Wmany service industry jobs have been created in Wales, to the latest convenient date, under the Industry Act; where these jobs are located in Wales; and if he will make a statement;
(2) how many manufacturing industry jobs have been created in Wales, to the latest convenient date, under the Industry Act; where these jobs are located in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantApplications for regional selective assistance involving 2,000 additional jobs have so far been approved and a further 6,280 new jobs are involved in applications now being processed. The majority of these cases are for projects in industrial South Wales. These figures do not take into account further job opportunities arising from regional development grants. Though mobile service industry projects can be considered for regional selective assistance, no applications have so far been received for Wales. Service industries generally stand to gain from the expansion of the Welsh economy and unemployment in Wales fell by nearly 14,000 in the past year.