§ Mr. Raymond Fletcherasked the President of the Board of Trade how many industrial development certificates have been issued, together with details of the factory space involved, to firms in, or moving into, the Ilkeston division comprising the towns of Ilkeston, Alfreton., Ripley and Heanor, from October 1964 to date.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyIn the employment exchange areas of Alfreton, Heanor and Ilkeston, which most nearly approximate to the Ilkeston Division, 83 industrial development certificates have 55W been issued in the period 1st October, 1964, to 31st March, 1969, for a total of 1.7 million square feet. Of this total, 16 certificates for a total of 400,000 sq. ft. were issued to firms moving in to the area.
§ Mr. Geoffrey Lloydasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing by regions the number of refusals of applications for industrial development certificates in the years 1963 to 1967, indicating what percentage of the total number of industrial development certificates issued this represents and what estimates of additional employment accompanied such rejected applications.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyThe information asked for is given in the following table:—
Refusals 1963–67 Number of refusals as percentage of approvals in 1963–67 Region Number Estimated additional employment* Northern 1 † ‡ Yorkshire and Humberside 6 380 ‡ East Midland 88 6,320 8 East Anglia 12 1,620 2 South East 511 24,770 13 South West 20 3,000 2 Wales 0 0 0 West Midland 188 12,550 11 North West 41 3,060 2 Scotland 0 0 0 * Applicants' estimates of the additional employment expected when projects complete and fully manned. † Figure withheld to avoid risk of disclosing details of individual project. ‡ Less than 0.5 per cent.
§ Mr. Geoffrey Lloydasked the President of the Board of Trade how many of the 3,493 completed projects for which industrial development certificates for areas of 10,000 square feet and less were issued during 1963 to 1967 inclusive were in respect of industries moved into development areas from outside; and how many represent expansion of industries already locally established.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyI regret that the information requested is not available and could not be obtained without undue expenditure of time and money.