§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state in tabular form the total factory building projects and numbers employed since 1945 in each Board of Trade Regional area
NEW FACTORIES AND EXTENSIONS (OVER 5,000 SQUARE FEET), IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, COMPLETED BETWEEN 1ST JANUARY, 1945, AND 30TH JUNE, 1958(*) Number of Projects Area ('000 sq. ft.) Estimated additional employment(†) Males Females Total Standard Region Northern … … 1,104 35,246 59,012 37,503 96,515 East and West Ridings … 1,835 29,991 30,549 17,626 48,175 North Midland … … 1,456 28,231 29,829 18,814 48,643 Eastern … … 1,340 30,814 35,605 17,083 52,688 London and South Eastern … 2,572 48,975 45,497 26,421 71,918 Southern … … 886 19,286 19,359 10,887 30,246 South Western … … 824 15,704 22,097 13,318 35,415 Wales … … 838 31,812 53,003 28,405 81,408 Midland … … 2,713 51,951 51,012 30,621 81,633 North Western … … 2,472 56,232 73,807 40,452 114,259 Scotland … … 1,562 38,540 59,886 36.213 96,099 Individual areas London Metropolitan area(‡) … 1,907 33,638 27,494 15,314 42,808 Glasgow … … 337 7,363 9,618 5,186 14,804 Edinburgh … … 123 2,071 1,998 1,017 3,015 Cardiff … … 138 2,960 5,720 2,520 8,240 Gloucester … … 43 1,280 1,728 336 2,064 Liverpool … … 206 4,092 7,924 5,207 13,131 Manchester … … 100 1,939 1,781 422 2,203 Salford … … 62 1,826 507 657 1,164 Oldham … … 18 184 275 238 513 Preston … … 33 544 741 321 1,062 Stoke-on-Trent … … 277 4,724 5,425 5,412 10,837 * Information on buildings completed in later periods is not yet fully available. † Estimates made by the firms concerned at the time of making application to the Board of Trade for location approval. ‡ This area comprises the Counties of London and Middlesex and parts of the Counties of Essex, Kent, Surrey and Hertfordshire.