HC Deb 26 April 1993 vol 223 c317W
Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, by site and workplace, the new jobs that have been created by the Tyne and Wear urban development corporation.

Mr. Robin Squire

The new jobs that have been created by Tyne and Wear development corporation since its inception are as follows:

Development sites Jobs
Royal Quays 270
St. Peter's Riverside 55
Sunderland Enterprise Park 200
Newcastle Central Business and Technology Park 150
Newcastle Business Park 3,738
Closegate 100
Dolphin Quay 35
Viking Industrial Park 192
Walker Technology Park 482
Sunrise Enterprise Park 375
5,597
Companies' own sites1 4,213
TOTAL 9,810
1 These are sites within the urban development area which are not part of the corporation's main development projects but which have otherwise been supported by the corporation (e.g. by business development grant).

More detailed information relating to "workplace" cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost.