Regional Employment Premium

53.

Sir A. Meyer
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the effect on redundancies and on loss of job opportunities in the assisted areas as a result of the proposed phasing out of regional employment premiums.

Mr. Joel Barnett
Regional employment premium was withdrawn as part of a package of economic and industrial measures and the effect of this package will be to reduce unemployment, compared to what it would otherwise have been.