§ 49. Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs how many new jobs for industrial workers were created in the Southwestern Region in the last two years; how this compared with the equivalent figure for the North-East; and what 339W further steps he is taking to induce new industries to set up in the Region.
§ Mr. UrwinA total of 13,450 additional jobs in manufacturing industry is expected to arise in the region as a whole as a result of the industrial development certificates issued in the calendar years 1967 and 1968. The comparable figure for the whole of the Northern Region (including the industrial North-East) was 37,400.
The full range of incentives continues to be available for industrial development in the South West Development Area. In the rest of the region the i.d.c. control is already administered flexibly, full account being taken of local circumstances.