HC Deb 10 December 1984 vol 69 cc342-3W
Mr. Speller

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what sums in grant aid were received by individuals or companies in the Barnstable and South Molton travel-to-work assisted area during the last five years for which figures are available;

(2) what sums in grant aid were received by individuals or companies in the Ilfracombe travel-to-work development area during the last five years for which figures are available.

Mr. Norman Lamont

The information available in respect of national and regional industrial aid provided in the travel-to-work areas specified is given in the following table:

£'000
*1984–85 1983–84 1982–83 1981–82 1980–81 1979–80 Total
1. Regional Development Grant (Part II of the Industrial Development Act 1982)
Grant paid (a):
Ilfracombe travel-to-work area — 112 107 26 — 110 335
Barnstable travel-to-work area (b) — — — 483 737 314 1,534
2. Regional Selective Assistance (Section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982)
Offers made:
Ilfracombe travel-to-work area — — — — — 365 365
Barnstable travel-to-work area (b) 5 280 90 15 552 376 1,318
3. National Industrial Assistance (Section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982) (c)
Offers made:
Ilfracombe travel-to-work area — — 71 — — — 71
Barnstable travel-to-work area (b) — 62 84 14 1 76 237
4. Assistance under Science and Technology Act 1965
Payments made:
Ilfracombe travel-to-work area (d) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 298
Barnstable travel-to-work area (d) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
* To 30 September 1984

Notes:

  1. (a) Total of payments over £25,000 only. Grant payments of £25,000 or less are not attributable to travel-to-work areas.
  2. (b) Barnstable travel-to-work area includes South Moulton.
  3. (c) The Section 8 figures do not include payments under the Small Engineering Firms Investment Scheme 2. This information is not available below the level of region.
  4. (d) Figures are for payments made in the postal areas of Ilfracombe and Barnstable.

Mr. Speller

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how many new jobs he estimates were created in the Ilfracombe development area during the last five years for which figures are available;

(2) how many new jobs he estimates have been created in the Barnstable and South Molton assisted area during the last five years for which figures are available.

Mr. Alan Clark

I have been asked to reply.

My Department has no information about the numbers of new jobs created. Details of net changes in employment are available but, for areas smaller than regions, only for those years when censuses of employment are conducted. Between the June 1978 census of employment and the next one in September 1981, there was a net change of minus 100 employees in the Ilfracombe travel-to-work area and a net change of plus 1,600 employees in the Barnstable travel-to-work area, which at that time included South Mouton.