HC Deb 28 April 1977 vol 930 c400W
Mr. Michael Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will detail all the circumstances, actual and expected, which led him to designate the Grimsby employment office area a development area.

Mr. Cryer

I took into account the record of unemployment, current unemployment, prospects for employment in fishing and other activities, the industrial structure, current and prospective investment, the area's potential for industrial development, the relevance of the incentives available in the development areas to the encouragement of this development, and the grading, and prospective grading, of other areas.