§ 24. Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if his Department will be introducing any changes to the criteria for assisted area status.
§ Mr. SainsburyMeasures of unemployment will continue to be the main criteria in the assisted areas map 205W review now under way. The consultation paper recently issued makes clear, however, that other factors will also he considered, including future job demand, other perfor-mance measures, activity rates, urban problems, peripherality and the incidence of known major closures or rundowns.