§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what new industries have been located in the new towns in the past three years.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherForty-five new manufacturing units, each employing 11 or more people, have opened in Scottish new towns since 1 January 1979. A breakdown of their activity by order in the standard industrial78W classification is set out as follows. These figures do not include units with less than 11 employees nor expansions of established units on the same site.
Breakdown of Units by Order in Standard Industrial Classification Order Description No. of units V Chemicals and Allies Industries 2 VI Metal Manufacture 1 VII Mechanical Engineering 10 VIII Instrument Engineering 3 IX Electrical Engineering 9 X Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 1 XII Metal good not elsewhere specified 5 XIII Textiles 2 XV Clothing and footwear 3 XVI Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 3 XVII Timber, furniture, etc. 2 XVIII Paper, printing and publishing 3 XIX Other manufacturing industries 1