HC Deb 10 March 1975 vol 888 cc57-8W
Mr. McCrindle

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the number of Government-sponsored new jobs created in Essex in each of the past two years.

Mr. Gregor Mackenzie:

As Essex is not an assisted area the Government do not sponsor jobs in the county through regional preferential assistance. There are, however, a number of new and expanding towns in the county which have received mobile industry from London that could not be steered to the assisted areas. Southend has benefited from the dispersal of Customs and Excise headquarters staff from London, including the VAT central unit.