§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what, for each year since 1965, were the numbers of industrial development certificates granted and refused for those parts of the United Kingdom not designated as either a development or intermediate area.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantI regret the information in the form requested could not be obtained without undue expenditure of time and effort. Industrial development certificates approved and refused from 1967 in the areas outside the development and intermediate areas as now defined, are as follows:
Year Approvals (Schemes of 10,000 sq.ft. and over) Refusals (All schemes) 1967 1,626 273 1968 1,855 182 1969 2,003 203 1970 1,785 197 1971 1,336 120
§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what, for each individual development and intermediate area, were the number of industrial development certificates granted and refused, the number of new jobs created and the number of jobs lost, in each year since 1965.
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§ Mr. Anthony GrantI regret that information in the form requested is not available. Since 1967 the number of industrial development certificates granted together with estimates of jobs expected by the applicants to arise when the projects were complete and fully manned, and the industrial development certificates refused, are as follows:
IDC Approvals (for Schemes of 10,000 sq. ft. and over) No. EAE 1967 Development Areas Northern 172 17,730 North western 116 7,980 South Western 34 1,890 Scotland 181 16,410 Wales 107 11,230 Intermediate Areas Scotland 10 240 Wales 19 580 Yorkshire Coalfield 48 2,460 North Humberside 39 1,130 Filey/Bridlington Nil Nil Notts/Derby Coalfield 13 300 South West 14 590 West Midlands 2 * North West 28 860 1968 Development Areas Northern 191 18,880 North Western 123 9,700 South Western 40 2,520 Scotland 204 20,360 Wales 154 15,780 Intermediate Areas Scotland 6 160 Wales 19 420 Yorkshire Coalfield 67 3,220 North Humberside 28 1,570 Filey/Bridlington 1 * Notts/Derby Coalfield 19 940 South West 10 310 West Midlands Nil Nil North West 42 1,660 NOTE
IDC Refusals. There have been no IDC refusals in these apart from 1 in 1967 and in 1968 in the Northern Development Area.
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IDC Approvals (for Schemes of 10,000 sq. ft. and over) No. EAE 1969 Development Areas Northern 182 15,960 North Western 105 7,870 South western 34 2,970 Scotland 237 16,760 Wales 162 15,690
IDC Approvals (for Schemes of 10,000 sq. ft. and over) No. EAE 1969 Intermediate Areas Scotland 5 490 Wales 34 880 Yorkshire Coalfield 80 4,450 North Humberside 31 940 Filey/Bridlington 4 160 Notts/Derby Coalfield 19 1,370 South West 13 3,180 West Midlands 2 * North West 32 1,640 1970 Development Areas Northern 178 16,670 North Western 104 5,360 South Western 27 2,280 Scotland 161 10,360 Wales 135 12,540 Intermediate Areas Scotland 9 230 Wales 24 1,870 Yorkshire Coalfield 69 5,080 North Humberside 31 1,480 Filey/Bridlington 2 * Notts/Derby Coalfield 31 1,810 South West 16 2,230 West Midlands 2 * North West 48 3,210 1971 Development Areas No. EAE† Northern 110 5,320 North Western 50 2,330 South Western 15 1,240 Scotland 149 13,210 Wales 62 4,720 Intermediate Areas Scotland 1 * Wales 15 700 Yorkshire Coalfield 52 2,650 North Humberside 20 460 Filey/Bridlington 2 * Notts/Derby Coalfield 29 1,870 South West 9 470 West Midlands 1 * North West 27 900 *Owing to the risk of disclosure of details of individual projects, figures cannot be given. † Estimated Additional Employment