§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information the London Docklands development corporation collects on the number or proportion of the jobs attracted to the docklands urban development area that are(a) secured by local residents, (b) taken by those on the unemployment register and (c) taken by those that have participated in training schemes in the docklands area.
§ Mr. RedwoodI am advised that the London Docklands development corporation does not collect information in this form.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate total public expenditure to date on the Isle of Dogs enterprise zone including expenditure on land acquisition, reclamation and preparation, transport infrastructure including the docklands light railway and London Docklands development corporation and Department of Transport expenditure on road schemes and expenditure incurred by virtue of the business rate and 100 per cent. capital allowances provisions of the enterprise zone scheme.
§ Mr. RedwoodUp to the end of 1991–92, the London Docklands development corporation (LDDC) spent £217 million on projects within the Isle of Dogs enterprise zone. This is broken down as follows:
£ million Land acquisition 21 Land reclamation 14 Utilities and services 41 Industry support and community 1 Environmental improvements 12 Docklands light railway 40 Roads and other transport schemes 88 TOTAL 217 Up to the end of 1989–90, expenditure in respect of rate revenue foregone in the enterprise zone amounted to £38 million. Comparable figures for capital allowances are not available.
The Isle of Dogs enterprise zone also benefited from regeneration schemes, serving the wider Docklands urban 344W development area. In addition, the Department of Transport contributed to the cost of the Docklands light railway, which serves the Isle of Dogs.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the latest available estimate of the total number of permanent jobs in the Isle of Dogs enterprise zone that are in newly created businesses; and if he will give the source for his estimate.
§ Mr. RedwoodThere was a net increase of some 26,000 jobs in Docklands between 1981 and 1990. There are no readily available figures of losses of jobs through failure or relocation.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how much land is owned by the developers Olympia and York in the London Docklands urban development area;
(2) how much land has been sold to date to the developers Olympia and York by the London Docklands development corporation.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe London Docklands development corporation has sold 31 acres of land and 16 acres of water to Olympia and York. Olympia and York may also have acquired interests in other land in the urban development area.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his current estimate of the total amount and proportion of office and commercial floorspace in the London Docklands urban development area that is vacant or unlet.
§ Mr. RedwoodThis information is not held centrally.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people have received training at the Poplar Baths construction training centre to date; and of these how many have secured employment on the Canary Wharf development and how many have secured employment on construction projects in the London docklands urban development area as a whole.
§ Mr. RedwoodA total of 407 people have successfully completed courses at the centre. Of these, 270 trainees have obtained employment. including 149 at the Canary Wharf development and an unspecified number on construction projects elsewhere in the urban development area.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is his estimate of the number of jobs that have been attracted to the Isle of Dogs enterprise zone since its inception that have been taken by residents of(a) the London borough of Tower Hamlets and (b) the London boroughs of Newham and Southwark; and if he will provide the source for his estimate;
(2) if he will estimate the number of jobs that have been lost in the London Docklands urban development area since 1981 either through company failure or relocation; and if he will give the source for his estimate;
(3) if he will estimate the cost per job in relation to public expenditure for each job attracted to the Isle of Dogs enterprise zone since April 1982; and if he will give the basis for his estimate;
(4) if he will give the latest available estimate of the total number of permanent jobs in the Isle of Dogs 345W enterprise zone that are in companies that have relocated in the zone from elsewhere; and if he will give the source for his estimate.
§ Mr. RedwoodI refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend on 18 May.