§ Mr. Chetwyndasked the President of the Board of Trade the number, cost and area of factories completed, under construction and approved in the North-East development area at 1st May, 1951,
NEW FACTORIES AND EXTENSIONS IN THE NORTH-EASTERN DEVELOPMENT AREA Number of Schemes Area ('000 sq. ft.) Cost £'000 Number of schemes approved: Government financed … … 166 5,355 7,282 Privately financed … … 366 13,845 31,014 Number completed: Government financed … … 150 4,837 6,248 Privately financed … … 205 8,003 11,544 Number licensed and under construction: Government financed … … 11 329 701 Privately financed … … 107 4,526 12,156 At 31st December, 1950, the latest date for which employment figures are available, 5,325 men and 10,918 women were employed in Government financed factories, and 10,179 men and 4,392 women in factories built with private finance, making a total of 15,504 men and 15,310 women in all.