HC Deb 15 February 1994 vol 237 cc731-2W
Mr. Bates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table indicating the number of jobs created by(a) Teesside urban development corporation and (b) Tyne and Wear urban development corporation in each year since 1987.

Mr. Baldry

The number of gross jobs, direct and indirect, created by the Teesside and Tyne and Wear development corporations is as follows:

TDC TWDC
1987–88 N/a 1,485
1988–89 600 7,670
1989–90 2,600 1387
1990–91 2,800 1,500
1991–92 3,000 4,452
1992–93 3,123 3,814
1 The 1989–90 figure does not include shipyard and other related job losses.

Mr. Bates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will supply for each financial year since 1987 the amount of grant aid given by his Department to(a) Teesside urban development corporation and (b) Tyne and Wear urban development corporation.

Mr. Baldry

Grant in aid paid to the Teesside and Tyne and Wear urban development corporations is as follows:

£ million
TDC TWDC
1987–88 5.0 4.0
1988–89 20.7 24.0
1989–90 36.0 35.8
1990–91 42.1 37.8
1991–92 56.2 40.5
1992–93 40.3 44.1

Mr. Bates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what amount of private sector investments was attracted by(a) Teesside urban development corporation and (b) Tyne and Wear urban development corporation broken down to show (i) United Kingdom investment and (ii) overseas inward investment.

Mr. Baldry

The amount of private secrtor investment in the Tyne and Wear and Teesside urban development corporation areas during the lifetime of the corporations up to 31 December 1993 was as follows:

£million
TDC TWDC
United Kingdom investment 591 559
Overseas inward investment 77 25

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