HC Deb 23 March 1950 vol 472 c138W
Mr. Donnelly

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many Board of Trade factory certificates have been issued in the Greater London area up to the last convenient date since the end of the war; and how many in South Wales.

Mr. H. Wilson

Between the end of the war and the 31st January, 1950, the Board of Trade approved 940 new factories and extensions in the Greater London Area at an estimated building cost of about £34 million; the corresponding figures for the South Wales development area are 357 and about £40 million.