§ Mr. StringerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will quantify the(a) jobs expected to be created in the tourism industry of the North West and (b) the (i) regional and (ii) national employment effects as calculated in the Civil Aviation Authority's analysis for bilateral air service talks with Pakistan, India, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. [25474]
§ Ms Glenda Jackson[holding answer 26 January 1998]: The CAA's analysis for bilateral air services talks with Pakistan, India, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates included the calculation of expenditure effects. However these were not translated into employment effects. The calculation of employment effects can be drawn from the expenditure effects and I have asked the CAA to produce the figures requested and will write to my hon. Friend with the information shortly.
§ Mr. StringerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will place in the Library copies of the full regional economic analyses prepared by the CAA for bilateral air service talks for(a) Australia, (b) India, (c) Pakistan, (d) Canada, (e) Mauritius, (f) Seychelles, (g) Singapore and (h) the United Arab Emirates. [25473]
§ Ms Glenda Jackson[holding answer 26 January 1998]: Some of the information contained in the documents requested is of a commercially confidential nature: the release of such information in to the public arena could be prejudicial to future negotiations with our bilateral partners. It would therefore not be appropriate to place the information in the House Library.