§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of new foreign-owned industrial plants established in Wales each year since 1960.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe number of foreign-owned industrial plants which opened in Wales each year since 1960 is as follows:
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Year Number of Plants 1960 4 1961 5 1962 6 1963 4 1964 2 1965 5 1966 8 1967 10 1968 11
Year Number of Plants 1969 12 1970 4 1971 8 1972 2 1973 20 1974 13 1975 8 1976 8 1977 6 1978 13 1979 17 1980 16 1981 2
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many foreign-owned plants in Wales have closed down since 1978; how many jobs have been lost; and in which industries.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThirty-five foreign-owned plants are known to have closed down in Wales since 1978 with a loss of 4,679 jobs. These closures were distributed as follows:
industry Number of plants Peak employment 2 years prior to closure Chemical and Allied Industries 5 290 Metal Manufacture and Metal Goods 5 1,379 Mechanical Engineering 6 490 Instrument Engineering 1 45 Electrical Engineering 6 1,216 Vehicles 1 30 Textile, Clothing and Footwear 5 390 Printing and Publishing 2 79 Other Manufacturing Industries 4 760 Total 35 4,679
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of foreign-owned manufacturing enterprises in Wales at the latest count, the breakdown by industrial classification, the number of plants and the numbers employed.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is as follows:
Number of Enterprises=173 Number of Plants=190 Industrial Classification Enterprises Latest Available Employment Food and drink 7 1,854 Coal, petroleum products and chemicals 33 7,250 Metal manufacturing 11 5,383 Mechanical and instrument engineering 27 4,305 Vehicles 13 7,249 Metal goods 16 2,013 Electrical engineering 17 10,310 Paper, printing and publishing 14 3,341 All other industries 35 5,792 Total 173 47,497