§ 42. Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people known to his Department have been made redundant in Wales since June 1970; and how many new jobs have been created in Wales by industrial development certificate completion projects.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkRedundancies involving 32,040 workpeople have been recorded by my Department as due to276W occur in Wales in the period 1st July 1970 to 31st May 1973, inclusive. Between 1st July 1970 and 31st December 1972, 123 projects of over 15,000 sq. ft. were notified to the Department of Trade and Industry by developers as complete. When the IDCs for these projects were issued the applicants had estimated that 12,930 jobs would be provided.