§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will publish details of the locations of the 18,000 jobs expected to be created in Wales; in which year these jobs are likely to be created; and if he will give details of the companies 745W expected to create the jobs, giving the size of each project.
§ Mr. Nicholas Edwards18,850 jobs are currently expected to arise in Wales in the next 3 to 4 years from projects in the manufacturing sector which have been offered selective financial assistance and/ or have been allocated Government financed factory space. Their distribution by counties is as follows:—
Gwynedd 800 Clwyd 4,500 Powys 1,300 Dyfed 550 Mid Glamorgan 4,700 West Glamorgan 1,100 South Glamorgan 1,500 Gwent 4,400 Estimates are not available separately for each of the four years in the projection. However, it is estimated that 4,000 jobs should arise this year, with the largest single number arising in the second year and the remainder mainly in the third year.
Detailed information on individual projects cannot be provided for reasons of commercial confidentiality. The estimate however includes significant new projects by Ford, Hotpoint, Continental Can, Matsushita, JCB Transmissions, Blaenau Plastics, Merryweather Ltd and C I Fasteners Ltd.
§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many of the 18,000 jobs in the pipeline in Wales were known to his Department before May 1979 and how many since May 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsI shall let the right hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the number of job losses in Wales since May 1979.
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§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsI shall let the right hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many of the companies creating the 18,000 jobs in the pipeline in Wales will receive regional assistance at the scale provided before May 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsOffers of selective financial assistance and/or the allocation of Government financed premises, under the arrangements prevailing in May 1979, have been made in respect of 290 projects which are included in the current jobs in the pipeline estimate. These offers and allocations are unaffected by the changes in policy announced in July 1979. It is not possible to give a realistic estimate of the number which may be affected by the changes in regional development grants.