HC Deb 21 April 1986 vol 96 cc57-8W
Mr. Pike

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the enterprise zones in the Official Report, giving the year of inception in each case and the number of jobs created to date.

Sir George Young

The year in which each of the enterprise zones in England was designated and the increase in the number of jobs in the zone between designation and September 1984, the latest date for which information is available, is:

Enterprise zone Year of designation Number of jobs
Corby 1981 *n.a.
Dudley 1981 129
Dudley—(Round Oak) 1984 †nil
Glanford 1984 ‡159
Scunthorpe 1983
Isle of Dogs 1982 1,859
Middlesbrough 1983 ║-656
North East Lancashire 1983 560
North West Kent 1983 1,548
Rotherham 1983 569

Enterprise zone Year of designation Number of jobs
Salford 1981 ¶846
Trafford 1981
Speke 1981 235
Telford 1984 600
Newcastle Tyneside 1981 ¶2,137
1981
Gateshead 1981
Wakefield—Langthwaite Grange 1981 ¶404
Wakefield—Dale Land and Kinsley 1983
Wellingborough 1983 268
Workington (Allerdale) 1983 203

Notes

* The net increase cannot be calculated because figures for the number of jobs at designation are not available. Employment at September 1984 was 4,100.

† Dudley (Round Oak) zone designated after September 1984.

‡ Data for Glanford and Scunthorpe amalgamated to preserve the confidentiality of individual establishments.

║ In order to preserve the confidentiality of individual establishments, certain companies are omitted from the September 1984 figures.

¶ Treated as a single zone.