§ Captain Orrasked the President ofthe Board of Trade the number of square feet of factory building, per head of the population, for each of the Development Areas which has been built in the year ended 31st December, 1954.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe following figures relate to industrial building 71W schemes over 5,000 sq. ft. in manufacturing industry, completed in the year ended
SQUARE FEET COMPLETED PER HEAD OF — (a) (b) (c) Total population Working population Working population in manufacturing industry North Eastern D.A. … … 2.2 5.2 13.8 West Cumberland D.A. … … 0.8 2.4 5.6 South Wales and Monmouth D.A. … … 0.6 1.4 3.9 Wrexham D.A. … … 0.2 0.5 1.9 South Lancashire D.A. … … 0.6 1.6 3.7 Merseyside D.A. … … 0.9 1.8 5.0 North East Lancashire D.A. … … 0.6 1.2 1.9 Scottish D.A. … … 1.1 2.2 5.7