§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the number of direct and indirect job places created by current and proposed capital investment on nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom for the years 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1990.
§ Mr. Eadie:Energy Commission Paper No. 18, "Manpower requirements of the energy industries", contains estimates of on-site jobs created by the current nuclear programme, as follows:
1977* 5,920 1978 5,720 1979 4,320 1980 4,440 The investment programme also involves substantial direct off-site and indirect employment, both in R and D and the plant and component manufacturers, but no estimates are available.
*1977 figure supplies by NPC on the same basis as Energy Commission Paper No. 18.