HC Deb 05 February 1991 vol 185 c99W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many jobs have been created in the London Docklands development corporation since 1981; and how much each job has cost through the allocation of public money;

(2) what is the number of jobs created in the London Docklands development corporation; and how many are (a) additional jobs and (b) transfers.

Mr. Portillo

About 45,000 jobs have come to London docklands since 1981, of which an estimated 13,500 are in companies which have set up in the urban development area and some 31,500 in companies that have relocated there.

It is impossible to distinguish between expenditure leading to job creation and that leading to other regeneration benefits.