§ Mr. Emeryasked the President of the Board of Trade how many companies have applied for industrial development certificates in each year since 1964; and how many have been granted in Devon and in the West Riding of Yorkshire, listing the approximate site wherever possible.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyIndustrial Development Certificates approved and refused in Devon and the West Riding of Yorkshire are given in the following tables. To provide details of sites would involve, however, the expenditure of undue time and effort.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES APPROVED AND REFUSED* DEVON Approvals Refusals 1964 41 — 1965 36 1 1966 36 2 1967 62 — 1968 64 — Employment Exchange Areas: Ashburton, Axminster, Barnstaple, Bideford, Bovay Tracey, Brixham, Cullompton, Dartmouth, Devonport, Exeter, Exmouth, Honiton, Ilfracombe, Kingsbridge, Newton Abbot, Okehampton, Paignton, Plymouth, Plympton, Seaton, Tavistock, Teignmouth, Tiverton, Torquay and Totnes. WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Approvals Refusals 1964 266 2 1965 236 — 1966 230 — 1967 352 1 1968 372 — Employment Exchange Areas: Barnoldswick, Batley, Broadford, Brighouse, Dewsbury, Elland, Guiseley, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Horsforth, Huddersfield, Keighley, Leeds, Morley, Otley, Rothwell, Shipley, Skipton, Sowerby Bridge, Spen Valley, Stanningley, Todmorden, Wakefield, Saddleworth, Barnsley, Castleford, Dinnington, Doncaster, Askern, Goldthorpe, Mexborough, Normanton, Pontefract, Royston, South Kirby, Thorne, Wombwell, Chapeltown, Rotherham, Sheffield, Attercliffe, Woodhouse, Stocksbridge, Wetherby, Tadcastle, Harrogate, York, Ripon and Selby. * All industries including buildings converted to industrial use.