HC Deb 30 November 1953 vol 521 cc108-10W
Mr. Fisher

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the total amount of capital expenditure approved under the New Towns Acts in each of the 14 new towns in Great Britain at the nearest convenient date in respect of housing development, factory development and other activities of the development corporations, respectively.

Mr. H. Macmillan

The information asked for as at 31st October, 1953, is as follows:

Mr. Fisher

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government for a statement of progress at the latest convenient date in respect of each of the 14 new towns in Great Britain under the heads of: number of houses completed, numbers of houses under construction, floor area of factories completed, number of persons to be employed in factories completed, floor area of factories under

— Houses New Factories (including extensions)
Completed Under Construction Completed Under Construction
Area sq. ft. Employees Area sq. ft. Employees
London New Towns—
Basildon … … 985 474 165,559 683 254,921 1,786
Bracknell … … 271 600 65,000 120 146,434 750
Crawley … … 2,268 1,629 550,500 2,144 601,386 2,310
Harlow … … 3,083 2,135 309,997 1,724 289,020 1,081
Hatfield … … 624 451 — — — —
Hemel Hempstead … 2,865 885 350,500 2,390 284,200 1,549
Stevenage … … 1,683 1,468 74,141 485 342,836* 1,856*
Welwyn … … 775 516 20,895 123 100,000 700
Total—London New Towns 12,554 8,158 1,536,592 7,669 2,018,797 10,032
Provincial New Towns(England and Wales)
Aycliffe … … 1,210 439 — — — —
Corby … … 413 320 — — 15,121 233
Cwmbran … … 408 593 — — — —
Peterlee … … 1,115 437 — — 70,000 335
Total—Provinces (England and Wales) 3,146 1,789 — — 85,121 568
Scottish New Towns—
East Kilbride … 1,313 1,363 761,000 2,800 129,000* 1,350*
Glenrothes … … 583 539 15,000 30 9,000 100
Total—Scotland … 1,896 1,902 776,000 2,830 138,000 1,450
GRAND TOTAL … … 17,596 11,849 2,312,592 10,499 2,241,918 12,050
NOTES
* Includes one project in each town for D.S.I.R.
Aycliffe:—Adequate factory space and employment already exists on the Trading Estate.
Corby:—Employment for men will mainly be provided in the existing steel industry. Employment for women is being provided.
Hatfield:—Male employment is available in existing industry. Provisions for female employment is being made.
Peterlee:—Provision in manufacturing industry is being made for the employment of women and men not engaged in mining.
Glenrothes:—In addition employment amounting to some 2,000 is being provided in the coalmining industry.

construction, and number of persons expected to be employed in factories under construction, respectively.

Mr. H. Macmillan

Progress on housing and factories in each new town at 31st October, 1953, is shown in the following table. Information on the two new towns in Scotland has been provided by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.