HC Deb 22 July 1969 vol 787 cc367-8W
Mr. Milne

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a list of the new jobs provided in the Blyth constituency in each year since the introduction of the Local Employment Act to the latest available date and the number of jobs expected from 1969 to 1972.

1. Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

The estimated additional employment to be provided in industrial buildings for which industrial development certificates have been issued is given in the following table:

Industrial Building approved in the Bedlington, Blyth and Seaton Delaval Employment Exchange Areas.
Estimated Additional Employment
1960 550
1961–62 570
1963 1,240
1964 1,430
1965 1,270
1966 560
1967 3,990
1968 1,050
1969 (Jan.-June) 2,270

NOTES:

* Industrial buildings for which industrial development certificates have been issued in the years shown.

2. † Applicants' estimates of the employment expected to arise when the projects are complete and fully manned.

3. ‡ For reasons of disclosure, figures for 1961 and 1962 cannot be quoted separately.

The number of jobs expected to arise within the next four years in authorised new industrial buildings and in existing buildings taken over by manufacturing firms in the employment exchange areas of Bedlington, Blyth and Seaton Delaval is estimated at 2,990 for males and 1,330 for females.