§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what grants have been made available for industrial development for new industries and existing industries expressed as total amounts; what new job provision has been made available and is in the pipeline; and what is the total number of redundancies in the Northern Region for 1972 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. ChatawayI regret that no details of payments under the new Industry Act or of jobs resulting in the Northern Region are yet available. A provisional total of 13,000 redundancies has been recorded as due to occur in the Northern Region542W between 1st January and 30th November, 1972. During this period, the total number unemployed in the Northern Region fell by 12,900.