HC Deb 04 May 1993 vol 224 cc24-5W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will break down into the category of jobs(a) created and (b) safeguarded, the total jobs he referred to as arising from inward investment in 1992–93 in his speech to the Council of Welsh Districts on economic development on Wednesday 21 April in Rhyl; and what information he can provide on the county-by-county location of such promised jobs also broken down by (i) created and (ii) safeguarded;

(2) if he will provide a county-by-county breakdown of the forecast expenditure figure of £949 million, referred to as arising from inward investment in 1992–93 in his speech to the Council of Welsh Districts on economic development on Wednesday 21 April in Rhyl.

Mr. David Hunt

The county-by-county breakdown of inward investment recorded for Wales during 1992–93 is as shown in the following schedule. The figures are based on information provided by companies at the time the projects were recorded and have not been amended to take account of subsequent developments.

County New Jobs Safeguarded Jobs Total Jobs Capital Expenditure
(£ million)
Clwyd 1,579 835 2,414 332
Dyfed 132 875 1,007 106
Gwent 1,396 2,080 3,476 134
Gwynedd 618 391 1,009 26
Powys 653 95 748 7
Mid Glamorgan 1,206 1,672 2,878 126
South Glamorgan 785 959 1,744 181
West Glamorgan 258 324 582 37
Totals 6,627 7,231 13,858 949