HC Deb 21 June 1968 vol 766 cc193-4W
Mr. Hall-Davis

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing the area approved in areas scheduled as development districts in each year from 1960 to 1964, and the area this represents per head of the estimated total of employees in those districts in those years.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

The information is given in the following table:

INDUSTRIAL BUILDING APPROVED IN AREAS SCHEDULED AS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS 1960–1964
Year Total Area Approved (Million sq. ft.) Average Aea of Approvals per insured Employee (sq. ft.)
1960 8.9 3.2
1961 8.2 3.2
1962 5.7 21
1963 9.9 2.9
1964 15.8 4.6

Mr. Hall-Davis

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing the proportion of the total area of industrial building approved that was in areas that are now scheduled as development areas in each of the years 1960 to 1967, and the area this represents per head of the estimated total of employees in these areas in those years.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

The information is given in the following table:

INDUSTRIAL BUILDING APPROVED IN AREAS SCHEDULED AS DEVELOPMENT AREAS 1960–67
Year Total Area Approved (million sq. ft.) Per cent. Great Britain Total* Average Area of Approvals per Insured Employee (sq. ft.)
1960 27.0 5.6
1961 15.0 3.1
1962 9.1 1.9
1963 12.2 2.5
1964 20.2 4.1
1965 24.6 5.0
1966 29.1 5.9
(28.6)† (5.8)†
1967 28.8 33 Not available‡
(26.6)†

Notes:

* Before August, 1966 the figures for Scotland, Wales and the Northern Region include ancillary space, whereas those for the rest of Great Britain do not. Since August, 1966 ancillary space is included in all areas. Because the figures in earlier years are not comparable, 1967 is the first year for which the percentage share of the Development Areas can be given.

† The figures in brackets are estimates comparable in coverage with the earlier years.

‡ No estimate of the insured employees in 1967 has yet been made.