§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many of the 18,000 jobs in the pipeline in Wales were known to his Department before May 1979 and how many since May 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas Edwards[pursuant to his reply, 18 April 1980; c. 745]: It is currently estimated that there are 18,850 manufacturing jobs in the pipeline for Wales. Of this total, 10,650 jobs relate to projects which were allocated Government financed factories and/or offered selective financial assistance prior to May 1979, and 8,200 jobs to factory allocations and/or offers of assistance since that date.