§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many industrial development certificates were issued for the county of Hampshire and for the county boroughs of Southampton and of Portsmouth, respectively, for each year from 1962 to 1972; what were the annual totals of square footage involved; and what were the expected employment levels involved.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantI regret I am unable to give the answer in precisely the form requested because IDC data are collected and compiled on the basis of employment exchange area boundaries. Following is the information for IDCs—all schemes—issued for the employment exchange areas approximating to the county of Hampshire(1) and for the employment exchange areas of Portsmouth and Southampton respectively.
(1) Employment Exchange Areas of Farn-borough, Aldershot, Fleet, Basingstoke, Alder-maston, Newbury, Andover, Alton, Petersfield, Winchester, Havant, Portsmouth, Gosport, Fare-ham, Eastleigh, Wqolston, Southampton, Rom-sey, Hythe, Lymington, Ringwood, Christ-church, Bournemouth.
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HAMPSHIRE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS Estimated Additional Year Number Area Employment … '000 sq.ft. 1962 … 50 1,362 3,570 1963 … 86 1,493 3,260 1964 … 98 1,640 3,590 1965 … 151 1,965 4,060 1966 … 224 2,234 4,390 1967 … 191 2,658 2,680 1968 … 193 2,410 3,180 1969 … 276 4,396 5,790 1970 … 234 3,360 5,400 1971 … 118 2,267 3,800 1972 … 128 2,881 3,880
PORTSMOUTH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS Estimated Additional Year Number Area Employment … '000 sq.ft. 1962 … 7 185 110 1963 … 15 313 430 1964 … 17 447 700 1965 … 7 112 180 1966 … 21 155 210 1967 … 18 184 100 1968 … 14 237 450 1969 … 25 580 650 1970 … 9 282 690 1971 … 7 100 190 1972 … 6 84 50
SOUTHAMPTON EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS Estimated Additional Year Number Area Employment '000 sq.ft. 1962 … 3 32 50 1963 … 12 166 290 1964 … 7 60 10 1965 … 30 290 400 1966 … 29 372 150 1967 … 17 384 230 1968 … 9 107 190 1969 … 25 446 300 1970 … 23 296 370 1971 … 9 535 300 1972 … 12 227 90 Note: The exemption limit below which IDCs are not required was raised from 1,000 sq. ft. to 3,000 sq. ft. in August 1966, to 5,000 sq. ft. in December 1970 and to 10,000 sq. ft. in July 1972.