HC Deb 01 February 1993 vol 218 c58W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many new jobs have been created in the Birmingham area in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. McLoughlin

Estimates for local areas are available only from the biennial census of employment. The latest results relate to 1989; estimates for 1991 will be published in April. Over the two years to September 1989 there was a net increase of 30,400 employees in employment in the Birmingham travel-to-work area.