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Development Corporations

Volume 202: debated on Monday 27 January 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total amount of money made available to each development corporation in England for each year of operation up to December 1991.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many jobs have been created in each development corporation in England in each year of its operation.

The totals for permanent jobs created in UDC areas to March 1991, net of losses, are as follows. Individual figures for each year are not available on a consistent basis for all the corporations.

Numbers
London Docklands26,000
Merseyside4,626
Black Country2,600
Teesside4,650
Trafford Park2,557
Tyne and Wear3,169
Bristol4,000
Central Manchester950
Leeds5,862
Sheffield7,580
Total61,994