Miss Wardasked the Minister of Supply how many new factories or extensions to present factories it is proposed to open to meet requirements for war supplies; and how many are arranged for in the North-Eastern area?
§ Colonel LlewellinIn reply to the first part of the Question, decision has been taken to open 27 new Royal ordnance factories and 48 new factories to be built at Government expense and managed on "agency terms"; in addition, 374 factory extensions to accommodate new plant or additions to plant have been approved, building to be at Government expense. In reply to the second part of the Question, it would not be in the public interest that I should give separate figures for particular districts.