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| Ministers ordered to release enterprise zone job creation details | Ministers ordered to release enterprise zone job creation details |
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| An order has been made for the Welsh government to release more information about how many jobs are being created in its seven enterprise zones. | An order has been made for the Welsh government to release more information about how many jobs are being created in its seven enterprise zones. |
| The information commissioner has given ministers 35 days to publish the data, after a complaint by Plaid Cymru. | The information commissioner has given ministers 35 days to publish the data, after a complaint by Plaid Cymru. |
| The Welsh government can appeal against the decision at a tribunal. | The Welsh government can appeal against the decision at a tribunal. |
| Plaid accused ministers of trying to "avoid scrutiny" and welcomed the commissioner's decision. Ministers said they would respond "in due course". | Plaid accused ministers of trying to "avoid scrutiny" and welcomed the commissioner's decision. Ministers said they would respond "in due course". |
| The dispute follows a freedom of information request by Plaid Cymru, who asked how many jobs had been created in each zone. | The dispute follows a freedom of information request by Plaid Cymru, who asked how many jobs had been created in each zone. |
| More than 5,000 jobs have been created or safeguarded over two years in total, but Plaid has complained that the public has a "right to know more". | More than 5,000 jobs have been created or safeguarded over two years in total, but Plaid has complained that the public has a "right to know more". |
| Ministers said publishing individual breakdowns for the zones could "prejudice the Welsh government's ambitions in the longer term to deliver the wider economic benefits across Wales". | Ministers said publishing individual breakdowns for the zones could "prejudice the Welsh government's ambitions in the longer term to deliver the wider economic benefits across Wales". |
| But Plaid Cymru AM Rhun ap Iorwerth said: "Nearly three years after they were launched the public deserve to be told how many jobs have been created in each of them and how much investment has been made." | But Plaid Cymru AM Rhun ap Iorwerth said: "Nearly three years after they were launched the public deserve to be told how many jobs have been created in each of them and how much investment has been made." |
| The Welsh government launched the first enterprise zones in 2011, bringing together particular types of industries by offering them certain incentives. | The Welsh government launched the first enterprise zones in 2011, bringing together particular types of industries by offering them certain incentives. |
| The chairs of the enterprise zones have also said the statistics should not be released. | The chairs of the enterprise zones have also said the statistics should not be released. |
| In a letter to Economy Minister Edwina Hart, they said they could "only see the negative impact of the release of sensitive information". | In a letter to Economy Minister Edwina Hart, they said they could "only see the negative impact of the release of sensitive information". |
| A Welsh government statement said ministers were "considering the information commissioner's decision in detail and would respond in due course. | A Welsh government statement said ministers were "considering the information commissioner's decision in detail and would respond in due course. |