§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has made of the public sector cost per additional permanent job created as a result of the enterprise zone experiment, excluding multiplier effects and construction jobs.
§ Mr. Robin SquireConsultants commissioned to carry out "An Evaluation of the Enterprise Zone Experiment" calculated that the public cost per additional job in British enterprise zones, excluding multiplier effects and construction jobs, was £ 8,500 in 1986. The cost per job in 1989, calculated on the same basis, was about £ 8,700. Copies of the consultants' report, published in 1987 by HMSO, are held in the House of Commons Library.