§ 82. Mr. Douglasasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his Department's future policy regarding the granting of industrial development certificates.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantI would refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 30th October in reply to a question by the hon. Member for South Ayrshire (Mr. Sillars).—[Vol. 805, c. 236.]
§ 83. Mr. Douglasasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give figures for the number of industrial development certificates approved by his Department in the period since 18th June, 1970, with a breakdown by economic planning regions.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantThe information is given in the following table:
I.D.C. APPROVALS IN THIRD QUARTER 1970 (provisional) Economic Planning Region Number Area ('000 sq. ft.) North 54 1,599 Yorks and Humberside 78 1,834 East Midlands 85 1,431 East Anglia 47 842 South East 250 5,774 South West 83 1,614 Wales 63 1,630 West Midlands 123 2,587 North West 164 3,695 Scotland 64 3,511 Total Great Britain 1,011 24,517 I regret that figures for 18th to 30th June, 1970 are not available.
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§ 85. Mr. Concannonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the number of requests for industrial development certificates in the Mansfield constitutency for the years 1964 to 1970; and how many of these requests have been refused.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantDuring the period 1st January, 1964 to 30th September, 1970, 56 industrial development certificates were approved and one refused in the Mansfield employment exchange area. I regret that figures for the constituency are not available.
§ 105. Mr. Urwinasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what criteria he applies when allocating industrial development certificates between special development areas, development areas and intermediate areas.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantIndustrial development certificates are in general available freely in all these areas.