§ Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many industrial development certificates have been approved in the South Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Cryer,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 25th July 1977, Vol 936, c. 20], gave the following information:
Statistics for industrial development certificates are not available in respect of parliamentary constituencies. The number of industrial development certificates approved for locations in the employment office areas of Dunstable, Lutonand Leighton Buzzard are as follows:
1967 … … 29 1968 … … 43 1969 … … 38 1970 … … 43 1971 … … 24 1972 … … 34 1973 … … 21 1974 … … 10 1975 … … 10 1976 … … 10 1977(Jan,-May) … … 3 Industrial development certificate exemption limits were altered in December 1970, July 1972, September 1974 and May 1976.