§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish in the Official Report his Department's estimates, for the years 1978 to 1984, for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions, of the numbers of jobs created by (i) regional policy and (ii) other employment assistance measures, and of the costs per job.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 22 November 1985]: The table below shows the number of jobs expected to be created or safeguarded in the assisted areas by projects receiving offers of regional selective assistance in the years 1978–84 by region and country within Great Britain, and the estimated offer value per job. Estimates on a similar basis are not available for other regional policy measures.
The figures in the table are not comparable with estimates of the number and associated cost of providing net additional jobs in the assisted areas. Such estimates are not available on an annual basis or for a recent period.
The numbers of jobs created by regional policy and employment assistance measures in Northern Ireland, and by employment assistance measures in Great Britain, are matters for, respectively, my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Paymaster General.
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Employment Expected to be Created or Safeguarded and Offer Value per Job (at current prices) Associated with Projects in Receipt of Offers of Section 7 Assistance in the Years 1978–84 by Region and Country 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Region/Country No. of jobs offer value per job (£) No. of jobs Offer value per job (£) No. of jobs Offer value per job (£) No. of jobs Offer value per job (£) No. of jobs Offer value per job (£) No. of jobs Offer value per job (£) No. of jobs Offer value per job (£) Scotland 15,359 1,388 22,009 1,572 22,255 1,734 15,614 2,837 16,797 2,602 19,854 2,322 21,842 2,774 Wales 12,854 4,279 14,232 1,538 13,739 2,133 10,080 1,796 10,722 2,285 20,038 2,241 18,295 2,870 North East 10,381 1,926 14,461 1,756 14,567 2,183 5,184 2,218 7,089 2,031 11,616 1,911 14,565 3,838 North West 50,078 1,431 31,213 1,471 20,261 1,486 8,681 1,728 8,179 1,736 8,277 1,655 5,788 2,315 Yorkshire/Humberside 7,543 778 16,133 849 8,151 883 8,298 1,687 11,089 1,073 9,450 1,693 2,241 2,142 East Midlands 1,521 681 1,500 466 2,267 1,191 2,189 1,873 5,727 2,218 2,812 3,058 3,038 2,930 West Midlands 59 608 31 1,290 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A *0 *0 South West 4,299 959 4,323 1,249 1,046 1,816 683 1,757 1,604 3,117 1,607 2,054 2,068 2,950 Notes:
N/A=not applicable.
* Regional selective assistance only became available at the end of the year.