§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of state for Employment if he will list separately the numbers of males and females (a) under 25 years and (b) under 19 years unemployed at the latest available date in each of the travel-to-work areas wholly or partly within the county of Lancashire; and if he will give comparable figures for June 1980 and June 1979.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 15 July 1981]: The information for each travel-to-work area could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The following are the figures for the county of Lancashire at April 1981, the latest date for which they are available, and at April 1979 and April 1980.
§ Mr. Michael MarshallWe shall continue to give a general welcome to inward investment projects which appear to offer positive net benefits to the United Kingdom economy; the promotional activities of the Invest in Britain Bureau and our diplomatic posts cover all leading industrialised countries, but high priority is given to work in Japan, the United States of America and countries of Western Europe.