§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how many square feet of industrial building 123W were approved for each of the economic planning regions of the United Kingdom in the first quarter of 1972, and how this compares with the figures for 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971;
(2) how many industrial development certificates were granted in each of the economic planning regions of the United
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES APPROVED FOR SCHEMES OF 10,000 SQUARE FEET AND OVER 1st Quarter 1st Quarter 1st Quarter 1st Quarter 1st Quarter 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Region* No. Area No. Area No. Area No. Area No. Area '000 '000 '000 '000 '000 sq. ft sq. ft sq. ft sq. ft sq. ft North … … … 48 2,456 46 2,446 37 1,707 33 1,712 32 1,095 Yorkshire and Humberside 59 1,607 99 3,073 52 1,681 61 1,866 65 2,977 East Midlands … 58 1,481 73 1,894 55 1,398 43 1,015 61 1,743 East Anglia … … 32 1,448 57 1,840 27 645 27 670 42 984 South East … … 128 3,334 230 7,354 199 5,106 163 4,700 139 3,911 South West … … 39 1,264 53 1,985 36 1,115 22 907 32 1,128 Wales … … … 40 1,576 48 2,214 42 1,853 25 672 24 1,501 West Midlands … 63 1,423 84 2,200 93 2,466 67 2,202 70 1,769 North West … … 89 3,395 116 4,188 89 5,116 56 2,105 69 1,825 Scotland … … 51 3,683 59 2,385 37 1,644 38 2,345 42 3,110 Total, Great Britain … 607 21,667 865 29,579 667 22,731 535 18,194 576 20,043 * IDCs are not required for Northern Ireland.