HC Deb 19 February 1953 vol 511 c165W
Mr. Hamilton

asked the President of the Board of Trade how much new factory building was started in Development Areas and non-development areas, respectively, in Scotland in 1952; how many new jobs such factory building is expected to provide; and what were the

NEW INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AND EXTENSIONS STARTED IN SCOTLAND FROM 1945 TO 1952 DEVELOPMENT AREA
Year Number of Projects Area Value Potential Employment as estimated at 31st December, 1952 Actual Employment as at 29th November, 1952
Male Female Total Male Female Total
'000 sq. ft. £'000
1945 19 878 964 2,356 1,258 3,614 1,772 1,024 2,796
1946 214 4,246 6,018 9,641 10,551 20,192 8,155 9,696 17,851
1947 132 4,443 6,606 8,509 4,908 13,417 6,958 3,454 10,412
1948 34 712 1,328 757 283 1,040 491 529 1,020
1949 62 1,485 5,634 2,391 753 3,144 1,137 321 1,458
1950 48 1,079 2,046 2,348 616 2,964 1,445 309 1,754
1951 63 2,793 7,807 8,812 3,235 12,047 1,346 238 1,584
1952 23 718 1962 1,846 555 2,401 11 8 19
Total 595 16,354 32,365 36,660 22,159 58,819 21,315 15,579 36,894
REST OF SCOTLAND
1945 8 202 164 375 432 807 392 305 697
1946 39 812 788 1,482 475 1,957 741 453 1,194
1947 53 787 871 1,666 1,448 3,114 1,107 768 1,875
1948 21 243 268 358 102 460 265 96 361
1949 42 1,986 11,826 1,787 293 2,080 1,621 240 1,861
1950 47 695 1,009 1,008 328 1,336 628 80 708
1951 40 657 2,231 861 496 1,357 183 83 266
1952 16 232 341 165 33 198 — — —
Total 266 5,614 17,498 7,702 3,607 11,309 4,937 2,025 6,962
NOTES:
1. These figures relate to new factories and extensions to existing factories of 5,000 sq. ft. and over.
2. The value is the cost of the work as estimated at the date of issue of the Industrial Development Certificates.
3. In most cases estimated costs exclude plant and machinery; for certain major schemes, however, the estimated costs included in the table cover both buildings and plant.
4. The figures of potential employment are based on those given by the firms concerned.
5. The table is based on information available up to 31st December, 1952. Amendments are constantly being received and the information about the more recent periods in all such tables is often necessarily incomplete.