§ Mr. John Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many males, females, and young persons have been out of work for six months, one year, and two years, respectively, in the Port Talbot and Neath travel-to-work area; how this compares with the position two and six years ago; and what are the percentage increases.
§ Mr. Stradling ThomasThe available information in respect of 1983 and 1981 is as follows:
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§ Mr. Ray Powellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the total expenditure to date on establishing the Swansea enterprise zone; and what was the cost per job created.
§ Mr. Stradling ThomasThe most recent information on expenditure since designation, relating to the end of March 1983, is in Swansea city's quarterly progress report, which is available to the public. This estimates that public and private investment in floorspace to the end of March 1983 was about £8.8 million. Between April 1981 and the end of March 1983 about £4.6 million had been invested in land acquisition, reclamation and infrastructure expenditure. A cost per job estimate at this stage would not be meaningful since the expenditure is expected to bear full fruit in terms of development, economic activity and employment only over a period of some years.