§ 21. Mr. Willeyasked the President of the Board of Trade the book value at the latest available date of the fixed assets, land, buildings, and other installations given separately, administered by the industrial estate companies and given separately for each of the Development Areas.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe hon. Member will no doubt have seen the accounts relating to services in Development Areas, published in Volume II of Trading Accounts and Balance Sheets 1952–53 (Cmd. 22–1). With permission, I will
| BOOK VALUE AT 31ST MARCH, 1953, OF FIXED ASSETS OWNED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND ADMINISTERED BY THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE COMPANIES | ||||||||
| — | Scotland | North-East | Walesand Monmouthshire | West Cumberland | North-West | Total | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Land | … | … | 308,430 | 562,826 | 359,370 | 12,628 | 71,410 | 1,314,664 |
| Buildings | … | … | 18,557,628 | 13,598,513 | 13,533,771 | 456,769 | 2,313,291 | 48,459,972 |
| Other Installations, etc. | … | 86,798 | 57,062 | 101,366 | — | 3,230 | 248,456 | |
| Total—Fixed Assets | 18,952,856 | 14,218,401 | 13,994,507 | 469,397 | 2,387,931 | 50,023,092 | ||
| NOTE.—In addition to the above the estate companies in Wales and West Cumberland own and administer fixed assets valued at £2,700,776 and £1,011,867 respectively at 31st March, 1953. |