§ Mr. Ronald Atkinsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what percentages of the total area of commercial office floor space in England and Wales in 1974 are found in North England, Yorkshire and Humberside, the East Midlands, East Anglia, South-East
Commercial Office Floorspace (Million sq. ft.) Percentage Distribution of total percentage 1967 1974 Net Change Percentage Change 1967 1974 Northern Region … … … 12.1 16.0 3.9 32 4.3 4.0 Yorkshire and Humberside … … … 19.8 27.1 7.3 37 7.0 6.8 East Midlands … … … 11.1 17.0 5.9 53 3.9 4.3 East Anglia … … … 6.1 9.1 3.0 49 2.2 2.3 South-East … … … 150.2 208.4 58.2 39 53.3 52.5 South-West … … … 14.1 22.0 7.9 56 5.0 5.5 West Midlands … … … 20.2 27.4 7.2 36 7.2 6.9 North-West … … … 39.4 57.3 17.9 46 14.0 14.5 Wales … … … 8.6 12.9 4.3 50 3.1 3.2 England and Wales … … … 281.6 397.2* 115.6 41 100.0 100.0 * 1974 data includes some 9 million sq. ft. of Post Office hereditaments which are not in the 1967 figures. Source: Inland Revenue. A copy of the report on the review is available in the Library.