§ 116. Mr. Donnellyasked the President of the Board of Trade to state the percentage of all industrial development certificates issued and their total values that have been granted to enterprises within the areas of Great London, Greater Birmingham and Greater Manchester for
NEW FACTORIES AND EXTENSIONS OVER 5,000 SQ. FT. IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, FOR WHICH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES WERE ISSUED IN THE AREAS AND YEARS SPECIFIED — Greater London Greater Birmingham Greater Manchester Approvals Area (Million sq. ft.) Approvals Area (Million sq. ft.) Approvals Area (Million sq. ft.) Number Per cent, of G.B. Number Per cent, of G.B. Number Percent, of G.B. 1950 380 18.7 9.3 209 10.3 4.1 163 8.0 3.1 1951 372 18.8 8.7 188 9.5 3.3 116 5.9 1.9 1952 222 19.6 5.7 116 10.3 2.7 73 6.5 2.7 1953 439 22.3 10.5 159 8.1 2.5 134 6.8 2.4 1954* 512 26.1 15.8 181 9.2 4.2 116 5.9 2.4 * First three quarters. "Greater London" has been taken as approximately the area of the Greater London Plan. It includes the New Towns of Basildon, Harlow, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead, Welwyn and Stevenage, but not Bracknell or Crawley. "Greater Birmingham" and "Greater Manchester" have been taken as the West Midlands Conurbation and South East Lancashire Conurbation respectively. These areas are used in the presentation of official statistics and are denned in Table IV of the Preliminary Report of the 1951 Population Census.