asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many new jobs have been created by incoming firms per annum between the years 1958 and 1975 in (a) west central Scotland, (b) Tayside and (c) South-East England.

The information availabe relates to jobs remaining in existence in—generally—1972. There were some changes in the definition of the west central Scotland and Tayside areas effective from 1966. Further changes affected all three areas in 1972. Details are as follows:

EMPLOYMENT AT NEW MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS OPENED 1960–72
(000s to nearest 500)
	West Central Scotland	Tayside	South East England
Year of opening
1960	6·5	—	1·5
1961	5·0	0·0	1·5
1962	4·0	—	2·0
1963	2·0	0·5	2·0
1964	6·0	—	0·5
1965	3·5	0·0	2·0
1966	0·5	—	1·5
1967	0·5	1·0	1·5
1968	1·5	0·0	1·0
1969	1·0	0·0	2·0
1970	1·0	0·5	1·5
1971	0·5	0·0	0·5
1972	1·0	0·5	0·5

Figures for west central Scotland and Tayside relate to new establishments with attributed origins outside Scotland. The figures for South-East England relate to new establishments with attributed origins outside the region. Employment data relate to 1972 except for 1960 and 1961 openings for which the data relate to 1970 and 1971 respectively.