Written question asked by Anthony Steen (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 March 1997. It was answered by Angela Knight (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 March 1997 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Question: What estimate he has made of the total number of jobs created in (a) the Plymouth and (b) the Torbay travel to work areas in each of the past five years. - Text of letter from Tim Holt of Office for National Statistics. Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Steen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total number of jobs created in (a) the Plymouth and (b) the Torbay travel-to-work areas in each of the past five years. [21344] Mrs. Angela Knight: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 20 March 1997: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the number of jobs created in the Plymouth and Torbay travel-to-work areas over the last five years. The available information is for the levels of employees at 1991, 1993 and 1995. This is provided in the table below. Employees: at September (thousands) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Travel-to-work area 1991 1993 1995 Plymouth 117.5 113.4 116.0 Torbay 39.6 39.5 43.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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