HC Deb 17 May 1996 vol 277 cc583-4W
Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the location of each enterprise zone and the date each was established since the introduction of such zones. [29906]

Sir Paul Beresford

The tables list the location and date of each enterprise zone established in the United Kingdom since they were first introduced in 1980. Each zone is designated for a period of 10 years, and zones that are still extant are indicated by an asterisk. The names of zones are given where they exist.

Location Date
England
Corby 22 June 1981
Dudley (No. 1) 10 July 1981
Wakefield: Langthwaite grange 31 July 1981
Salford/Trafford 12 August 1981
Speke (Liverpool) 25 August 1981
Tyneside 25 August 1981
Hartlepool 23 October 1981
Isle of Dogs (London Docklands) 26 April 1982
Wellingborough 26 July 1983
Rotherham 16 August 1983
Scunthorpe: Normanby ridge Queensway 23 September 1983
Wakefield: Dale lane and Kinsley 23 September 1983
Workington (Nos. 1 to 6) 4 October 1983
North-west Kent (Nos. 1 to 5) 31 October 1983
Middlesbrough 8 November 1983
North-east Lancashire (Nos. 1 to 7) 7 December 1983
Telford (Nos. 1 to 5) 13 January 1984
Location Date
Glanford (Humberside) 13 April 1984
Dudley: Round Oak 3 October 1984
North-west Kent (No. 6 and 7):
No. 6 and 7 Chaltam Maritime* 10 October 1986
Sunderland:
No. 1 Hylton Riverside/Southwick* 27 April 1990
No. 2 Castletown*
No. 3 Doxford park*
East Midlands (Nos. 1 to 7):
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Holmewood* 3 November 1995
No. 4 Manton Wood, Worksop* 16 November 1995
No. 5 and 6 Crown farm, Mansfield* 22 September 1995
No. 7 Sherwood business park* 21 November 1995
Dearne Valley (Nos. 1 to 6):
No. 1 Manvers east, Rotherham* 3 November 1995
No. 2 Highgate businesspark, Barnsley*
No. 3 Goldthorpe industrial estate, Barnsley*
No. 4 Denaby lane industrial estate, Doncaster*
No. 5 Cortonwood park, Rotherham*
No. 6 Wombwell bypass, Barnsley*
East Durham (Nos. 1 to 6):
No. 1 Bracken hill* 29 November 1995
No. Peterlee north-west industrial estate*
No. 3 Peterlee south-west industrial estate*
No. 4 Seaham grange*
No. 5 Fox Cover*
No. 6 Dawdon*
Tyne Riverside:
No. 1* 19 February 1996
Nos. 2 to 11 (proposed) Mid 1996
Northern Ireland
Belfast 21 October 1981
Londonderry:
Springtown 13 September 1983
Campsie
Scotland
Clydeband
No. 1 3 August 1981
No. 2 18 August 1981
Invergordon 7 October 1983
Alness
Tayside Dundee (Nos. 1 to 6) 9 January 1984
Tayside Arbroath
Inverclyde (Nos. 1 to 11):
Nos. 1 to 4 Port Glasgow* 3 March 1989
Nos. 5 to 10 Greenock*
No. 11 west of Gourock*
Lanarkshire* 1 February 1993
Wales
Swansea (No. 1) 11 June 1981
Delyn 21 July 1983
Milford Haven:
North shore (Nos. 1 to 7) 24 April 1984
South shore (Nos. 1 to 6)
Swansea (No. 2) 6 March 1985