HC Deb 14 May 1946 vol 422 cc204-12W
87. Sir W. Darling

asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the increase in unemployment in Scotland, he will detail, respectively, the factories under his Department erected during of construction and planned to be commenced within the present year; and what is the anticipated peak figure of employment and when this figure is likely to be reached

Mr. Belcher:

Thirty Government factories, with a total floor area of over 3 million square feet, have been allocated for civilian production to firms who estimate they will employ about 22,000 workers. Of the new factories, of which building started after the end of the war, one has been completed, but 73 buildings, including extensions, with an approximate floor area of 1,900,000 square feet, are now in course of erection, a number being near completion: these should

GOVERNMENT FACTORIES ALLOCATED IN SCOTLAND.
Abbotsinch … … … 109,128 Extension 3,400
Aberdeen … … … 80,000 New 1,000
Alloa … … … 40,100 Extension 300
Ardrossan … … … 90,000 New 500
Blairgowrie … … … 75,284 Extension 140
Bo'ness … … … 10,000 New 150
Broxburn … … … 50,000 New 600
Cambuslang … … … 50,000 New 500
Coatbridge … … … 100,000 New 500
Dumbarton … … … 475,000 Extension 2,800
Dundee … … … 50,000 New 350
Dundee … … … 50,000 New 900
Dundee … … … 35,000 Extension 200
Edinburgh … … … 55,000 Extension 490
Edinburgh … … … 104,490 New 1,000
Falkirk … … … 443,000 New 2,000
Glasgow … … … 90,937 Extension 370
Glasgow … … … 35,390 Extension 500
Hamilton… … … 158,850 New 1,400
Hillington… … … 268,000 New 1,600
Hillington… … … 45,000 New 500
Hillington… … … 10,000 New 100
Hillington… … … 200,000 New 1,400
Hillington… … … 22,000 New 300
Macmerry … … … 70,000 New 480
Portobello … … … 20,000 New 500
Rutherglen … … … 6,633 New 30
Thornliebank … … … 220,000 Extension 1,000
Thornliebank … … … 70,000 Extension 700
Thornliebank … … … 20,000 Extension 270
employ about 13,000 workers. A further 83 projects, with a floor area of 2,500,000 square feet, have been approved and on most of these building should have been begun before the end of the year; they are estimated to provide employment for a further 19,000 workers. In all, it is estimated that projects now approved should ultimately give employment to 54,000 workers in Scotland but it is not possible to anticipate when this target will be reached. Projects now in progress should start to make their effects felt about the end of this year and will during 1947 make a substantial contribution towards remedying the unemployment position in Scotland, particularly in the Development Area. I am arranging to include some details of the projects to which I have referred in the OFFICIAL REPORT. I would add that further schemes for the erection of factories in the Development Area are being worked out in consultation with the other Departments concerned and the Scottish Industrial Estates Company.

FACTORIES COMPLETE OR IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Place. Area in Square Feet. New or Extension. Date of Commencement of Building. Estimated Date of Completion. Number to be Employed (Approx).
Alloa … … 22,422 Extension 3rd December, 1945 December, 1946 … 150
Bainsford … 8,000 New 14th February, 1946 June, 1946 … … 53
Blantyre … 5,000 New 28th March, 1946 … — 30
Blantyre … 10,000 New 28th March, 1946 … — 100
Bridge of Weir 24,450 Extension 18th March, 1946 … December, 1946 … 100
Cambuslang … 6,826 Extension 3rd January, 1946 … June, 1946 … 40
Carfin … 10,000 New 15th October, 1945 … June, 1946 … 150
Carfin … 18,000 Extension 15th October, 1945 … June, 1946 … 100
Carluke … 14,000 New January, 1946 … October, 1946 … 180
Catrine … 185,850 New and Extension 8th October, 1945 … April, 1948 … 564
Chapelhall … 5,000 New 25th March, 1946 … — 64
Chapelhall … 30,000 New 9th January, 1946 … June, 1946 … … 150
Chapelhall … 5,000 New 11th March, 1946 … — 55
Chapelhall … 15,000 New 9th January, 1946 … June, 1946 … … 50
Chapelhall … 15,000 New 26th March, 1946 … — 150
Dundee … 50,000 Extension 19th April, 1946 … — 300
Dundee … 5,775 Extension 25th March, 1946 … October, 1946 … 9
Dundee … 20,245 Extension January, 1946 … June, 1946 … 105
Dundee … 10,000 Extension 22nd October, 1945 30th June, 1946 … —
Dundee … 42,700 Extension 22nd October, 1945 31st August, 1946 … 852
Dundee … 8,000 Extension 22nd October, 1945 30th June, 1947 … —
Dundee … 115,000 New 22nd October, 1945 — 500
Dundee … 20,876 Extension 15th February, 1946 — 50
Dundee … 36,596 New January, 1946 … August, 1946 … 368
Dundee … 8,500 Extension 21st March, 1945 … 31st May, 1946 … Nil
Dundee … 9,600 Extension September, 1945 … 31st May, 1946 … 200
Dundee … 46,000 New 14th November, 1945 … 30th September, 1946 … 300
Glasgow … 7,000 New 1st February, 1946 … August, 1946 … 25
Glasgow … 17,035 New 29th October, 1945 … October, 1946 … 30
Glasgow … 10,500 Extension — 31st March, 1946 … Nill
Glasgow … 54,572 New and Extension March, 1945 … July, 1946 … 325
Glasgow … 18,295 Extension October, 1945 … April, 1946 … 120
Glasgow … 12,960 Extension 4th January, 1946 … — 65
Glasgow … 24,064 Extension 1st November, 1945 … April, 1946 … 160
Glasgow … 11,280 Extension 31st March, 1946 … — 75
Glasgow … 7,300 Extension 8th January, 1946 … May, 1946 … 50
Glasgow … 5,600 New 8th February, 1946 … — 30
Glasgow … 5,642 Extension 1st March, 1946 … — 37
Hamilton … 15,000 Extension 21st March, 1946 … — 170
Hillington … 10,000 New 15th January, 1946 … — 100
Hillington … 5,000 Extension 11th April, 1946 … — 20
Hillington … 8,000 Extension 30th April, 1946 … — 40
Hillington … 6,700 Extension 14th February, 1946 … April, 1946 … 50
Hillington … 10,000 New 15th January, 1946 … — 45
Hillington … 40,000 New 16th January, 1946 … — 650
Hillington … 6,000 Extension 4th April, 1946 … — 14
Hillington … 30,000 New 15th January, 1946 … — 255
Hillington … 15,000 New 15th January, 1946 … — 71
Hillington … 5,000 New 15th January, 1946 … — 60
Hillington … 50,000 New 15th January, 1946 … July, 1946 … … 300
Hillington … 3,000 Extension 8th February, 1946 … 31st March, 1946 … … 20
Jedburgh … 6,500 New 20th March, 1946 … October, 1946 … … Nil
Jedburgh … 4,574 New 18th August, 1945 … 31st March, 1946 … Nil
Johnstone … 32,000 Extension and Replace 17th December, 1945 … August, 1946 … 94
Keith … 25,200 Extension 3rd September, 1945 … May, 1946 … 51
Kilmarnock … 45,000 New 27th January, 1946 … — 400
Kilmarnock … 17,901 Extension June, 1945 … May, 1946 … … 140
Kirkcaldy … 3,385 Extension 29th August, 1945 … June, 1946 … … 350
Kirkintilloch … 20,448 Extension — — 136
Larkhall … 5,000 New January, 1946 … June, 1946 … 74
Larkhall … 5,000 New 22nd March, 1946 … September, 1946 … 64
Place. Area in Square Feet. New or Extension. Date of Commencement of Building. Estimated Date of Completion. Number to be Employed (Approx).
Linlithgow … 80,000 Extension November, 1945 … May, 1946 … —
Mossend … 93,000 New, Extension and Alteration June, 1945 … … November, 1946 … 600
Newhouse … 40,000 New 14th March, 1946 … — 240
Newhouse … 200,000 New 17th September, 1945 … September, 1946 … 3,000
Old Bishopton … 23,500 New 1st August, 1945 … June, 1946 … 126
Paisley … 60,000 New 1st November, 1945 … 31st May, 1946 … 250
Perth … 15,987 Extension and Alteration 1st September, 1945 … September, 1946 … 150
Prestonpans … 9,000 Alteration and Extension 11th February, 1946 … June, 1946 … … 40
Renfrew … 9,650 Extension 4th January, 1946 … — 84
Renfrew … 57,500 Extension June, 1945 … 28th February, 1946 … 380
Selkirk … 21,000 Extension December, 1945 … September, 1946 … 90
Tollcross … 2,600 Extension August, 1945 … February, 1946 … 17
Total … 1,903,033 13,619
APPROVED BUT BUILDING NOT YET STARTED.
Place. Area in Square Feet. New or Extension. Number to be Employed (Approx.).
Aberdeen … … … 30,000 Extension 80
Airdrie … … … 56,500 New 377
Barrhead … … … 5,500 Extension 14
Bathgate … … … 20,500 New 133
Blantyre … … … 50,000 New 333
Bishopton … … … 5,000 Extension 30
Broxburn … … … 50,000 New 350
Carfin … … … 75,000 New 500
Coatbridge … … … 14,000 New 90
Coatbridge … … … 59,800 New 400
Dundee … … … 80,000 New 699
Dundee … … … 33,000 Extension 300
Dundee … … … 13,000 New 30
Dundee … … … 35,800 New 915
Edinburgh … … … 9,360 Extension 27
Falkirk … … … 39,000 Extension 220
Glasgow … … … 5,600 Extension 30
Glasgow … … … 27,460 New 180
Glasgow … … … 18,753 Extension 60
Glasgow … … … 30,000 New 450
Glasgow … … … 12,400 New 80
Glasgow … … … 36,830 New 245
Glasgow … … … 482,000 New 650
Glasgow … … … 23,000 New 153
Glasgow … … … 21,000 Extension 200
Glasgow … … … 6,000 New 50
Hillington … … … 30,000 New 102
Hillington … … … 20,000 New 194
Hillington … … … 7,500 New 39
Hillington … … … 6,450 New 44
Hillington … … … 5,000 New 32
Hillington … … … 15,000 New 100
Hillington … … … 10,000 New 30
Hillington … … … 5,000 New 175
Hillington … … … 1,200 Extension 8
Hillington … … … 20,000 New 270
Hillington … … … 25,000 Extension 800
Hillington … … … 5,000 New 98
Hillington 30,000 New 420
Hillington 25,000 New 255
Hillington 10,000 New 34
Hillington 5,000 New 30
Hillington 20,000 New 165
Hillington 10,000 New 100
Hillington 40,000 New 100
Hillington 10,000 New 50
Hillington 10,000 New 80
Hillington 10,000 New 56
Hillington 5,000 New 14
Hillington 60,000 New 660
Hillington 5,000 Extension 84
Hillington 16,000 New —
Hillington 10,000 Extension 69
Hillington 10,000 New 120
Hillington 5,000 New 60
Hillington 5,440 Extension 42
Hillington 5,000 New 28
Hillington 5,000 New 70
Hillington 5,000 New 156
Hillington 10,000 New 95
Kilmarnock 15,100 New 9
Kilmarnock 5,000 New 31
Kilsyth 22,000 Extension 220
Kilwinning 5,000 New 60
Larkhall 100,000 Extension 600
Larkhall 70,000 Extension 1,250
Mossend 43,500 Replace —
Newhouse 60,000 New 2,000
Newhouse 75,000 New 512
Newhouse 30,000 New 530
Newhouse 10,000 Extension 150
Newhouse 20,000 New 500
Oban 45,000 New 300
Paisley 14,000 New 93
Port Glasgow 40,000 New 165
Port Glasgow 25,000 New 190
Port Glasgow 12,000 New 20
Port Glasgow 30,000 New 200
Renfrew 15,000 New 100
Rutherglen 9,000 New 200
Uddingston 18,500 New 120
Uddingston 150,000 New 1,000
Total 2,524,693 18,826