§ Mr. BettsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each development corporation since it inception(a) its total budget, (b) the number of jobs created and (c) the role of private sector investment made in its area, with the jobs and investment broken down into (i) manufacturing, (ii) commercial, (iii) retailing, (iv) office and (v) other.
§ Sir Paul Beresford[holding answer 26 October 1994]: The urban development corporations' programmes are supported by grant in aid, receipts from their activities and funds from the European Community. The table shows the total grant in aid paid to each corporation since its inception; the gross number of new permanent jobs; and the private sector investment in developments in the designated area. Where information is available, the figures for jobs and private sector investment have been broken down into; (i) manufacturing; (ii) commercial; (iii) retailing; (iv) office; and (v) other.
1017W
Grant-in-Aid Private sector investment £ millions £ millions (i) Manufacturing (ii) Commercial (iii) Retail (iv) Office (v) Other Total Leeds 51.5 104.0 3117.0 35.0 — 61.0 317.0 Sheffield 74.9 35.9 39.8 412.4 27.0 17.5 532.6 Birmingham Heartlands 15.7 7.4 31.8 2.0 5.0 0.1 46.3 Plymouth 7.9 — — — — — — Total 3,084.6 10,259.1 Notes:
All figures are up to 31 March 1994.
n/a—Breakdown not available.
1 Excludes Docklands Light Railway.
2 Provisional figures based on a preliminary analysis.
3Includes office.
Commentary:
In five cases—Birmingham Heartlands, London Docklands, Sheffield, Teeside and Trafford Park—the employment figures vary from those previously published in Hansard, 14 July 1994, column 771. The substantial downward revisions of the London Docklands and Teeside totals reflect the fact that the earlier numbers had been built up by combining total employment in the area in 1991 with gross jobs subsequently created.