§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the present programme for advance factories in the Northern Region; and how many have 299W been built, tenanted and not yet allocated, respectively, to the latest available date since 1964.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyThe latest advance factory programme, of which my hon. Friend informed the House on 22nd January, 1969, includes fifteen, totalling 220,000 square feet, for the Northern Region. Eleven factories, totalling 235,000 square feet, authorised earlier, have yet to be built. Since October, 1964, thirty advance factories have been built in the Northern Region. Twenty-four are tenanted and six have yet to be allocated.
General-purpose Financial year ending 31st March Loans Grants Building Grants Plant and Machinery Grants Investment Grants 1962–63 … 60 15 29 Nil Nil 1963–64 … 100 29 152 274 Nil 1967–68 … 136 52 1,548 113 81,000 1968–69(11 months) … 126 69 1,990 36 105,000 Note: Some projects receive more than one form of assistance and some firms receive assistance in more than one year. Separate applications for investment grant are accepted for each establishment of a firm in respect of expenditure incurred during a calendar quarter.