§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what has been the number of jobs created in each urban development corporation in each year since 1981;
(2)what has been the number of jobs created in each urban development corporation (a) in professional employment, (b) in clerical employment and (c) in manual employment in each year since 1981;
(3)what has been the number of jobs created in each urban development corporation (a) full time and (b) part-time in each year since 1981.
§ Mr. TrippierThe information is as follows:
London Docklands DC Jobs attracted1 (cumulative) Merseyside DC Total jobs2 Net increase since March 1981 March 1981 — 1,500 — March 1982 1,000 — — March 1983 3,500 — — March 1984 3,860 1,735 235 March 1985 5,700 1,945 445 March 1986 8,000 2,185 685 March 1987 over 10,000 32,492 992 1 LDDC figures are new jobs attracted to the area and do not include part-time jobs. 2 All jobs in MDC area, including part-time jobs. 3 August 1987 figure. In addition, there are some 1,500 to 2,500 temporary construction jobs in LDDC's area and some 700 to 1,000 in MDC's area at any one time. Regular data on categories of employment are not collected.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total number of jobs lost in each urban development corporation in each year since 1981.
§ Mr. TrippierSome 3,355 redundancies were notified in the London Docklands Development Corporation's area between 1981 and March 1987.
Merseyside DC records net employment in its area. The figures given on employment are net of jobs lost.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been(a) the actual increase and (b) the percentage increase in tourism in each urban development corporation in each year since 1981.
§ Mr. TrippierBoth LDDC and MDC have promoted projects and events aimed at attracting tourists and other visitors to their areas, but aggregate figures for the increase in tourism are not available.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been(a) the actual increase and (b) the percentage increase in the use of derelict land in each urban development corporation in each year since 1981.
§ Mr. TrippierSome 445 acres of derelict land and water have been reclaimed by Merseyside DC to date. This is 51 per cent, of MDC's total area which was almost wholly derelict in 1981.
52WSome 930 acres of derelict land have been reclaimed by London Docklands Development Corporation to date. This represents 37 per cent, of approximately 2,500 acres estimated to be derelict in the LDDC's area in 1981.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the expenditure on promotions by each urban development corporation in each year since 1981.
§ Mr. TrippierExpenditure figures for LDDC are contained in annual reports, copies of which are laid before the House.
Expenditure on publicity and promotions by MDC:
£'000 1981–82 31 1982–83 354 1983–84 603 1984–85 719 1985–86 604 1986–87 565
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the rise in land prices, by each urban development corporation in each year since 1981.
§ Mr. TrippierLand price indicators in UDC areas have depended on particular local factors—location, land use, progress made in regeneration—which vary significantly within the area. No single measures of movements in land prices are available for either UDC.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the increase in land used for warehouse development in each urban development corporation in each year since 1981.
§ Mr. TrippierThis information is not readily available.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the schemes undertaken in each urban development corporation by(a) start date of the scheme, (b) length of duration of the scheme and (c) the size of financial input by (i) private sector finance and (ii) urban development corporation finance and (d) the numbers of jobs created by each scheme, for each year since 1981.
§ Mr. TrippierThis information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the expenditure by each urban development corporation each year since 1981 on(a) land acquisition, (b) land reclamation, (c) roads and transport, (d) environment, (e) services, (f) other and (g) total expenditure.
§ Mr. TrippierThis information is given in each UDC's annual report, copies of which are laid before the House.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the amount of investment in(a) housing development, (b) office development, (c) light industry, (d) business units (e) retail (f) warehousing (g) other and (h) total for each urban development corporation in each year since 1981 by (i) private sector investment and (ii) urban development corporation investment.
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§ Mr. TrippierThis information is not available in this form but information about investment and development is given in the UDCs' annual reports, copies of which are laid before the House.
London Dockland DC Merseyside DC Private sector investment £ million LDDC1 investment £ million Private sector investment £ million MDC1 investment £ million 1981–82 483 60 — 4 1982–83 — 18 1983–84 51 3 29 1984–85 338 45 5 25 1985–86 361 58 4 24 1986–87 1,060 72 6 20 1 Investment defined as total UDC expenditure less administration, estate managment, community and industrial support.