HC Deb 25 May 1993 vol 225 cc529-30W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many jobs have been(a) created and (b) lost in each enterprise zone on an annual basis; and how many jobs were lost in the area of each enterprise zone in each of the two years before its creation.

Mr. Robin Squire

(a) The total stock of jobs in each enterprise zone for the years 1981 to 1989 is available from the publications: "Monitoring of Enterprise Zones, Year Two and Year Three Reports" and the annual reports "Enterprise Zone Information", available from the library. The data for 1990 are due to be published this summer.

(b) Data on jobs lost and gained annually in enterprise zones area are available only for 1981 to 1983 and are published in "Monitoring of Enterprise Zones, Year Two and Year Three Reports".

No data are available on the number of jobs lost in the area of each enterprise zone in the two years before its creation.