§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will agree to sanction the construction of a further advance factory in the Morpeth constituency.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantI have been asked to reply.
An existing advance factory has recently been allocated at Ashington. I shall bear in mind the needs of the area for a replacement factory.
§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the general criteria employed by his Department in selecting areas for the siting of advance factories.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantI have been asked to reply.
The unemployment rate, possible redundancies, jobs in prospect in the 315W locality, the availability of existing factories and of suitable sites are all taken into account in deciding where to build advance factories.