§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many manufacturing industry factories have been closed in the Northern Region since 1st January 1975; in how many cases such factories were branches of (a) the United Kingdom groups and (b) international groups; and how many jobs have been lost in each case to male and female adults, respectively.
Mr. Alan Williams,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 6th December 1976; Vol. 922, c. 51], gave the following information:
Comprehensive information is not available in the form requested. Compulsory notification of redundancies under Section 100 of the Employment Protection Act 1975 was not required until 8th March 1976. Between that date and 30th November 1976, 32 factories employing 10 or more persons were closed in the Northern Region. The total numbers of employees concerned was 3,135 males and 1,707 females.
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Industry what has been the total cost of all capital works and grants approved by his Department directly related to regional industrial development in the Northern Region since 1973.
Mr. Alan Williams,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 6th December 1976; Vol. 922, c. 51], gave the following information:
Expenditure in the Northern development area is estimated to have been as follows:
£'s million 1972–73 … … … … 66 1973–74 … … … … 92 1974–75 … … … … 122 1975–76 … … … … 185* Major items included are regional development grants, selective financial assistance under Section 7 of the Industry Act 1972 and Local Employment Act assistance.
* This is a provisional estimate.
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Industry what has been the amount 154W of public money spent in total per head of the population on creating jobs in the North-East region in the last five years.
Mr. Alan Williams,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 6th December 1976; Vol. 922, c. 51], gave the following information:
Information is not available in precisely the form requested. Expenditure per head of population in the Northern development area on regional measures to promote investment and employment is estimated to have been as follows:
£'s 1971–72 … … … 23.10 1972–73 … … … 19.60 1973–74 … … … 27.30 1974–75 … … … 36.20 1975–76 … … … 54.90
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many jobs have been created by his Department's activities in the North-East region served by an Economic Planning Council in each of the last five years.
Mr. Alan Williams,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 6th December 1976; Vol. 922, c. 51], gave the following information:
The estimated additional employment associated with assistance offered in the last five years under the Local Employment Act and Section 7 of the Industry Act 1972, as published in the annual reports on the Industry Act, in respect of projects located in the Northern Region is as follows:
ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT 1972–73 … … … 16,575 1973–74 … … … 19,185 1974–75 … … … 12,137 1975–76 … … … 10,425 These new jobs are expected to arise in the period up to 1980.
Additional employment is also associated with other forms of assistance. including regional development grants.