HC Deb 26 November 1963 vol 685 cc51-3W
Mr. Randall

asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development if he will state the number of jobs in prospect at the latest convenient date in the Northern Region.

Mr. du Cann

23,000 jobs, of which over two-thirds are for males, are expected to arise in the Northern Region within the next four years from projects known to the Board of Trade. In addition, there are a further eight advance

gate, Edinburgh, Lancashire, Staffordshire, and the three British cities with the lowest rate; and what information he has through the World Health Organisation of the comparable figures for Belgium, Denmark, Norway, France, and the United States of America.

Mr. Braine

The numbers of those who have suffered from bronchitis are not known. Crude death rates from bronchitis (taking no account of age differences in the populations) per 100,000 people living have been:

factories under construction, totalling 144,000 sq. ft., which should provide some 600 new jobs.

Mr. Randall

asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development what was the estimated loss of jobs in the Northern Region in each of the last five years; and what was the number of new jobs created in each of those years.

Mr. du Cann

The information is not available in the precise form asked for by the hon. Member. The only reliable and comprehensive figures relating to jobs lost are those derived from changes in the number of employees in employment, and relate to the middle of each calendar year. Statistics for 1963 are not yet available. Statistics for the years 1958 to 1962, inclusive, are as follows:

1958 (mid-year) … … 1,273,300
1959 (mid-year) … … 1,261,600
1960 (mid-year) … … 1,269,100
1961 (mid-year) … … 1,276,800
1962 (mid-year) … … 1,270,400

Jobs estimated to arise from industrial development certificates issued in the last five years were as follows:

Year to 31st October, 1959 … 3,580
Year to 31st October, 1960 … 7,776
Year to 31st October, 1961 … 10,988
Year to 31st October, 1962 … 9,973
Year to 31st October, 1963 … 7,935