§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many industrial development certificates were awarded in Yorkshire and Humberside during 1972, specifying the number for each employment area and the numbers of job prospects emanating from them; and if he will make a statement about the intentions of his Department and the Regional Director of the Department of Trade and Industry to attract new industry during 1973.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantThe figures requested are given below. Industry is recognising the advantages of the region's position in the enlarged EEC and is taking advantage of the availability of regional development grants for new or improved industrial buildings. Firms already established in the region wishing to expand or diversify as well as incoming firms—particularly those offering stable employment for men in Central South Yorkshire—will be considered for selective assistance under the Industry Act. Three advance factories are still available for new industry and a further eight have now been authorised.
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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES APPROVED IN 1972 IN THE YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE REGION Employment Exchange Area Number Estimated Additional Employment† All Schemes … … 259 12,880 Barnsley‡ … … 12 1,910 Hoyland‡ … … Royston‡ … … Wombwell‡ … … Bradford‡ … … 18 2,510 Shipley‡ … … Castleford‡ … … 8 190 Knottingley‡ … … Normanton‡ … … Pontefract‡ … … Dewsbury‡ … … 13 760 Batley‡ … … Spen Valley‡ … … Doncaster‡ … … 8 200 Askern‡ … … Thorne‡ … …
Employment Exchange Area Number Estimated Additional Employment† Yeadon‡ … 4 190 Otley‡ … Halifax‡ … 8 310 Sowerby Bridge‡ … Hemsworth‡ … 5 650 South Kirkby‡ … Hull‡ … 30 830 Beverley ‡ … Hessle‡ … Leeds‡ … 37 1,400 Horsforth‡ … Morley‡ … Rothwell‡ … Seacroft‡ … Stanningley‡ … Mexborough‡ … 3 240 Goldthorpe‡ … Scunthorpe‡ … 6 200 Barton-on-Humber‡ … Sheffield‡ … 29 760 Attercliffe‡ … Chapeltown‡ … Stocksbridge‡ … Woodhouse‡ … Barnoldswick … 2 * Bridlington … 1 * Brighouse … 4 60 Dinnington … Nil — Driffield … 3 120 Filey … Nil — Gainsborough … 3 170 Goole … 3 20 Grimsby … 6 120 Harrogate … 1 * Hebden Bridge … Nil — Horncastle … Nil — Huddersfield … 12 200 Keighley … 8 190 Louth … Nil — Mablethorpe … Nil — Maltby … 3 140 Pocklington … 2 * Ripon … Nil — Rotherham … 6 790 Selby … 1 * Skegness … 1 * Skipton … 2 * Tadcaster … 1 * Todmorden … 2 * Wakefield … 9 250 Wetherby … 1 * York … 2 * Lincoln … 4 120 Scarborough … 1 * * Details cannot be provided because of the risk of disclosing information given in confidence by firms. † Jobs estimated by the applicants to arise when the projects are complete and fully manned. These figures take no account of jobs arising in existing industrial buildings or in the service sector. ‡ Travel to work area.