HC Deb 12 June 1991 vol 192 c601W
Mr. Norman Hogg

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs were created, and how many jobs were lost, in each of the Scottish new towns in 1990.

Mr. Allan Stewart

[holding answer 6 June 1991]: This information is not available for the 1990 calendar year. The development corporations' estimates for the 1990–91 financial year are as follows:

New town Number of jobs created Number of jobs lost Net loss or gain
Cumbernauld 872 189 +683
East Kilbride 864 378 +486
Glenrothes 1,571 2,296 -725
Irvine 1,091 746 +345
Livingston 3,864 3,462 +402
Total 8,262 7,071 +1,191