§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry what proportion of (a) United States and (b) Japanese new inward investment, excluding retained profits and so on in the United Kingdom in each of the past three years was allocated to manufacturing production in the United Kingdom; how much to the service and distribution of imports, and how much to service industries.
§ Dr. VaughanI have been asked to reply.
The figures for the latest available three years are as follows. Separate figures relating to only the service and distribution of imports are not available.
Special Development Areas*
- Arbroath
- Ayr
- Bargoed
- Birkenhead
- Consett
- Cumnock
- Dumbarton
263 - Dundee
- Ebbw Vale
- Falmouth
- Glasgow
- Greenock†
- Hartlepool
- Holyhead
- Irvine†
- Kilmarnock
- Lanark
- Liverpool
- North Lanarkshire
- North Tyne
- Paisley
- Peterlee
- Pontypridd‡
- Port Talbot
- Redruth
- Sanquhar
- Shotton
- South Tyne
- Teeside
- Wearside
- Widnes
- Wrexham
Development Areas
- Aberdare
- Bathgate≑
- Blaenau Ffestiniog
- Blairgowrie
- Bodmin
- Bude
- Caernarvon
- Camelford
- Campbeltown
- Cardiff
- Cardigan
- Central Durham
- Corby
- Dingwall
- Dunfermline
- Dunoon
- Falkirk
- Dishguard
- Fort William
- Girvan
- Grimsby
- Helston
- Hull
- Ilfracombe
- Inverness
- Kirkaldy≑
- Lampeter
- Launceston
- Liskeard
- Llanelli
- Lochgilphead
- Methyr Tydfil
- Mexborough
- Morpeth
- Milford Haven
- Neath
- Newport
- Newton Stewart
- Newquay
- Oban
- Pembroke Dock
- Penzance
- Plymouth
- Pontypool
- Portree
- Pwllheli
- Rochdale
- Rossendale
- Rotherham
- Rothesay
- Rhyl
- St. Austell
- St. Helens
- St. Ives
264 - Scunthorpe
- Stornoway
- Stranraer
- Thurso
- Truro
- Wadebridge
- Whitehaven
- Wick
- Wigan
- Workington
Intermediate Areas
- Alnwick
- Anstruther
- Barnsley
- Barnstaple
- Bideford
- Blackpool
- Bolton
- Bradford
- Bridlington
- Castle Douglas
- Darlington and South West Durham
- Dartmouth
- Denbigh
- Doncaster
- Forres
- Gainsborough
- Goole
- Kingsbridge
- Kirkwall
- Lancaster
- Leigh
- Lerwich
- Llandudno
- Llangollen
- Llanrwst
- Mablethorpe
- Maltby
- Monmouth
- Nairn
- Northwich
- Richmond
- Scarborough
- Skegness
- Southport
- Stirling
- Swansea¶
- Tenby
- Torbay
- Whitby
Notes:
* Skelmersdale New Town will retain Special Development Area Status.
† The Isles of Cumbrae, within the Greenock TTWA and the Isle of Arran within the Irvine Travel-to-Work-Area will have Development Area status.
‡ In the Pontypridd Travel-to-Work-Area the employment office areas of Treorchy, Ferndale, and Ports (Tonypandy) will remain Special Development Areas whilst the employment office area of Pontypridd, Llantrisant and Tonyrefail will remain Develpment Areas.
≑ The New Towns of Livingston and Glenrothes in the Bathgate and Kirkaldy Travel-to-Work-Area respectively will retain Special Development Area status.
¶ In the Swansea Travel-to-Work-Area the employment office areas of Pontardawe and Ystradgynlais will have Development Area status and the employment office area of Gorsenon, Morriston and Swansea will have Intermediate Area status.