§ Mr. Juddasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the industrial development certificates granted for the Portsmouth area, in each of the past five years, with special reference to the character of the industrial undertaking, the number and type of personnel employed and the proportion of male and female employees.
§ Mr. DellDetails of individual projects are confidential, but the total figures of industrial development certificates issued for the employment exchange areas of Portsmouth, Havant, Gosport and Fareham for projects over 5,000 square feet are as follows:
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Estimated additional employment* Number Area Thousand sq. ft. Male Total 1963 … 24 444 540 1,030 1964 … 32 634 660 1,320 1965 … 13 220 510 610 1966 … 21 316 220 635 1967 … 27 404 260 385 1968 (Jan.-March) … 6 112 50 100 123 2,130 2,240 4,080
ANALYSIS BY INDUSTRY OF CERTIFICATES APPROVED Estimated additional employment* S.I.C. Order No. Number Male Total III Food, Drink and Tobacco … … … 4 70 90 IV Chemicals and Allied Industries … … … 3 40 60 VI Engineering and Electrical goods … … … 34 920 1,700 VII Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … … … 15 500 560 VIII Vehicles … … … 8 135 200 IX Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … … 3 35 70 X Textiles … … … 4 50 350 XII Clothing and Footwear … … … 3 20 210 XIII Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … … … 8 35 80 XIV Timber, furniture, etc. … … … 11 135 180 XV Paper, Printing and Publishing … … … 7 15 15 XVI Other manufacturing industries … … … 5 105 295 105 2,060 3,810 Non-manufacturing industries … … … 18 180 270 123 2,240 4,080 * Applicants' estimates of additional employment expected to arise when schemes are completed and fully manned.