§ Mr. LoveTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the(a) jobs created and (b) jobs secured by the (i) East London and (ii) Lea Valley Objective 2 Area in each year since its creation, broken down into (1) manufacturing, (2) service and (3) distribution sectors; and if he will make a statement. [53254]
§ Mr. MudieSince its introduction in 1994 the East London and Lea Valley Objective 2 programme has received support from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). Over this period 32,637 jobs have been created or retained (tables 1 and 2).
815WWe do not hold information on the number of jobs created broken down by sector and we can only provide calendar year information for ESF because this is based on annual approvals. We do not hold information in this way for ERDF.
Table 1: ESF Year Employment From training into self employment Total 1994 845 132 977 1995 2,278 138 2,416 1996 4,256 539 4,795 1997 n/a n/a 1,777 Total 7,379 809 9,965
Table 2: ERDF 1994 to June 1998 Jobs created (inc. temporary jobs) 9,394 Jobs retained 13,278 Total 22,672