asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in the Official Report(a) the number of jobs in the pipeline identified by his Department for the county of Clwyd by proposed location and by company so far as is possible, and indicating the likely date of operation, and (b) the estimated number of jobs in the pipeline for the Principality.

Some 2,650 manufacturing jobs are expected to arise over the next three to four years in the county of Clwyd from projects for which offers of selective financial assistance have been accepted or Government factories have been allocatd. A fuller breakdown of this estimate cannot be provided since this would, in effect, entail the disclosure of information supplied to my Department in confidence. 12,150 manufacturing jobs are estimated to be in the pipeline for Wales as a whole.