HC Deb 30 October 1952 vol 505 cc261-2W
Mr. Hoy

asked the Minister of Works the total value of factory building being

Local Authority 1949 1950 1951 1952 January to September
£ £ £ £
South Shields 135,000
Hull 841,500 459,000
Sheffield 118,500 551,000 133,000
Great Yarmouth 80,000 23,000 63,500 12,000
Lowestoft 56,000 48,000 4,500
Norwich 175,000 13,500 308,000 72,000
Portsmouth 392,500 576,000 527,500
Southampton 438,500 202,500 240,500 163,500
Bristol 87,000 768,500 5,500
Plymouth 737,000 584,000 772,000 80,000
Swansea 36,500 764,500 44,500
Birmingham 319,000 316,000
Coventry 486,000 585,000 282,500
Liverpool 126,000 98,000
Manchester 166,000 130,000
Canterbury 168,000
Dover 10,000 65,500
Exeter 843,500 114,000 240,000

carried out in Scotland in October, 1951, and October, 1952, respectively.

Mr. Eccles

In September, 1951, new work to a value of £26,640,816 was in progress on industrial buildings in Scotland. The figure for September, 1952, is £25,337,069.