§ Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many jobs have been lost in the South Yorkshire area due to the closing down of small factories, and the reduction in numbers of employees at other firms due to declared redundancies; and if he will make a statement on his plans to counteract this loss of jobs in South Yorkshire.
§ Mr. CryerI regret that information about job losses is not available in the form requested. In addition to the incentives available in South Yorkshire as an intermediate area the Government have taken a number of other measures to encourage industrial investment which should benefit the county. These include the accelerated projects scheme, the selective investment scheme and sectoral schemes for particular industries. We have also increased the incentives offered to service industries to locate in the assisted areas.