Industrial Development Certificates

HC Deb 17 July 1973 vol 860 cc113-4W

Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many applications for industrial development certificates were refused in England in 1972; and how this figure compares with the figures for 1970 and 1971.

Mr. Anthony Grant

194 refusals in 1970, 112 in 1971, and 55 in 1972 in England. The figures are not comparable because IDC control was discontinued in the development areas in July 1972 and the exemption limit was raised in December 1970 and July 1972.

Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many applications for industrial development certificates were refused for Staffordshire in 1972; and how this figure compares with the figures for 1970 and 1971.

Mr. Anthony Grant

Thirty-two refusals in 1970, 17 in 1971 and six in 1972 in the employment exchange areas approximating to Staffordshire. The figures are not comparable because the IDC exemption limit was raised in December 1970 and July 1972.