HC Deb 23 December 1981 vol 15 c432W
Mr. Ancram

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many new jobs have been created in special enterprise zones since their inception.

Mr. King

As I explained in my answer to the hon. Member for Ormskirk (Mr. Kilroy-Silk) on 26 October 1981—[Vol. 10, c.291]—one of our aims in enterprise zones is to keep detailed enquiries to firms, which would be required to answer this question, to a minimum. We have, however, appointed consultants to monitor the development of the enterprise zones. They will be reporting late next year, and this should help provide the answers to questions such as this.