HC Deb 09 December 1976 vol 922 cc305-6W
Mr. Madden

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out increases in office space available in each region of the United Kingdom since 1967 to the latest available date.

Mr. Guy Barnett

The net increases in office floor space between 1st April 1967 and 1st April 1976 are estimated to be:

Region Net Change (million square metres) (provisional figures)
Northern 0.5
Yorkshire and Humberside 0.8
North-West 1.8
East Midlands 0.7
West Midlands 1.0
East Anglia 0.4
South-East 7.0
South-West 1.1
Wales 0.4
England and Wales 13.8

Figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the respective Secretaries of State.

Mr. Madden

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give details of the amount of office space built in each of the regions of the United

a local authority dwelling in England, including interest, maintenance and administration in each of the years 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970 and in each subsequent year.

Mr. Freeson

As follows:

Kingdom from 1967 to the latest available date.

Mr. Guy Barnett

The amount of floor space provided by new commercial office hereditaments between 1st April 1974 and 1st April 1976 is estimated to be:

Floor-Space of new hereditaments (thousand sq. metres)
Northern 122
Yorkshire and Humberside 180
North-West 313
East Midlands 126
West Midlands 393
East Anglia 143
South-East 1,578
South-West 243
Wales 109
England and Wales 3,205

Figures do not sum, due to rounding.

Corresponding figures are not available for the period between 1967 and 1974.

Figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the respective Secretaries of State.

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