§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will estimate the numbers of jobs which have been preserved and created in the coal and steel industries from loans and grants afforded these industries as a result of British membership of the European Coal and Steel Community.
§ Mr. Wakeham[pursuant to his reply, 9 March 1982, c. 37.]: Figures are not available on the number of jobs resulting from ECSC loans and grants to the coal and steel industries. However, loans approved under article 56 of the ECSC Treaty for projects employing redundant coal and steel workers were expected to help create almost 27,000 jobs.
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