HC Deb 16 June 1988 vol 135 cc313-4W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish an analysis of the regional impact on jobs in the United Kingdom of the Commission's proposals to achieve a single market in the European Community by 1992.

Sheltered placement scheme Remploy operating deficit Local authority workshops
1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
South-east 64 222 497 1,600 1,654 1,699 1,545 1,714 1,851
London 173 284 409 4,336 4,179 4,228 3,054 3,259 3,386
South-west 644 1,457 2,545 3,345 3,405 3,645 2,542 2,734 2,937
West midlands 76 123 264 2,286 2,404 2.256 1,678 1,843 2,142
East midlands and eastern 302 382 510 5,382 4,911 4,797 1,992 2,118 2,157
Yorkshire and Humberside 184 249 473 5,510 5,026 5,643 2,658 2,520 2,400
North-west 215 368 504 9,267 9,893 10,612 2,386 2,448 2,623
Northern 77 79 99 5,354 5,363 5,269 1,088 1,065 1,126
Wales 6 18 58 9,825 9,034 9,697 1,976 2,011 2,494
Scotland 212 401 705 6,053 4,995 6,060 2,833 3,439 3,385
Great Britain 1,953 3,583 6,064 52,958 50,864 53,906 21,752 23,151 24,501

Mr. Cope

The impact of the single European market should be beneficial on output growth in the United Kingdom and so on jobs. The impact on jobs in different regions in the United Kingdom cannot be predicted with confidence.