HC Deb 07 December 1977 vol 940 cc760-1W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the net job loss or gain in the Highland region since the establishment of the Highlands and Islands Development Board.

Mr. Gregor MacKenzie

I have been asked to reply.

The net change in the number of employees in employment in the Highland Region between 1965, when the Highlands and Islands Development Board was established, and 1975, the latest year for which a regional employment estimate is available, was an increase of 10,400.