HC Deb 10 March 1955 vol 538 cc70-1W
Captain Orr

asked the President ofthe Board of Trade the number of square feet of factory building, per head of the population, for each of the Development Areas which has been built in the year ended 31st December, 1954.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

The following figures relate to industrial building schemes over 5,000 sq. ft. in manufacturing industry, completed in the year ended

SQUARE FEET COMPLETED PER HEAD OF
— (a) (b) (c)
Total population Working population Working population in manufacturing industry
North Eastern D.A. … … 2.2 5.2 13.8
West Cumberland D.A. … … 0.8 2.4 5.6
South Wales and Monmouth D.A. … … 0.6 1.4 3.9
Wrexham D.A. … … 0.2 0.5 1.9
South Lancashire D.A. … … 0.6 1.6 3.7
Merseyside D.A. … … 0.9 1.8 5.0
North East Lancashire D.A. … … 0.6 1.2 1.9
Scottish D.A. … … 1.1 2.2 5.7