HC Deb 08 July 1958 vol 591 cc11-2W
59. Mr. Willey

asked the President of the Board of Trade what factors caused the decrease of 2,250 in the number of people employed in North Eastern Trading Estates factories during the period November, 1957, to May, 1958.

Mr. Erroll

The decrease is due, as to 640 people, to the exclusion from the figures of three factories which have been sold to the tenants and are no longer administered by North Eastern Trading Estates Limited. The balance is due to a fall in employment chiefly in the electrical and certain other engineering industries.

60. Mr. Willey

asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to provide more employment on North Eastern Trading Estates factories in Sunderland.

Mr. Erroll

The Board of Trade and the North Eastern Trading Estates Limited is doing its best to find a suitable tenant for the Government factory in Sunderland which is at present vacant.