§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) what has been the number of new firms and jobs created as a result of offers of financial assistance received under section 7 of the Industry Act 1972 in (a) the Northern region, (b) Durham county and (c) Darlington and South-West Durham travel-to-work area for each month of the last 12 months;
(2) what has been the total number and value of offers of regional assistance made to companies in (a) the Northern region, (b) Durham county and (c) the Darlington and South-West Durham travel-to-work area for each of the last 12 months.
§ Mr. MacGregorAssistance has been offered under section 7 of the Industry Act 1972 as follows:
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No. of offers made Value of offers made £000
No. of new projects involved Estimated employment arising from new projects Durham County July 1980 — — — — August 1980 1 650 — — September 1980 — — — — October 1980 1 2,150 — — November 1980 2 300 2 140 December 1980 4 414 1 34 January 1981 1 25 — — February 1981 1 15 1 40 March 1981 — — — — April 1981 4 201 3 80 May 1981 — — — — June 1981 4 345 2 103 Darlington and South West Durham travel-to-work area July 1980 — — — — August 1980 — — — — September 1980 — — — — October 1980 1 2,150 — — November 1980 — — — — December 1980 3 339 — — January 1981 1 25 — — February 1981 — — — — March 1981 — — — — April 1981 1 28 — — May 1981 — — — — June 1981 — — — —
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many applications for information of an industrial or service development nature his Department has received for the Northern region and Durham county for each of the last 12 months: and how many of these his Department has referred to (a) the English Industrial Estates Commission, (b) new town development corporations, (c) local authorities and (d) Durham county council.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe number of applications for information of a service or industrial development nature received by the North-East region in each of the last 12 months was as follows:
1980 number July 215 August 101 September 154 October 135 November 124 December 123 1981 January 127 February 194 March 196 April 131 May 117 June 128 The corresponding figures for County Durham cannot be isolated without incurring disproportionate costs.
Although it is standard practice to refer inquirers to other organisations where this may be helpful to them, detailed records of such referrals are not kept.
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§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many projects the National Enterprise Board has sponsored; and what has been the resulting number of jobs created in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) the Northern region and (c) Durham county for each of the past 12 months.
§ Mr. Michael MarshallThis is a matter for the National Enterprise Board.