§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will set out in tabular form the names of the Special and Development Areas, the population in each area, the number of new works, factories, etc., since the Act of 1934 came into effect, and the number since 1945, the total number employed in the new
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SCHEDULED DEVELOPMENT AREAS Resident(1)Population mid-1956 Industrial Building Schemes(2)completed 1945/Sept., 1956 Gross Expenditure by the Board of Trade(3)under the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945 to 30.6.57 Development Area No. Estimated Additional Employment Males Females Total (Thousands £ North Eastern 2,411.0 784 47,819 32,342 80,161 16,441,405 West Cumberland 158.4 68 4,123 2,391 6,514 1,847,156 South Wales and Monmouthshire 1,741.0 553 40,335 24,947 65,282 21,127,506 Wrexham 89.4 31 373 117 490 772,726 South Lancashire 375.8 143 4,856 3,611 8,467 1,826,868 Merseyside 1,244.5 317 14,576 11,395 25,971 2,959,601 North East Lancashire 180.9 64 2,941 1,969 4,910 1,600,669 Scottish(4) 2,642.0 830 42,017 26,380 68,397 24,843,209 8,843.0 2,790 157,040 103,152 260,192 71,419,140 (4)Resident population including Armed Forces. (2)New buildings and extensions to existing buildings, over 5,000 square feet, in manufacturing industry. The additional employment is that estimated by the firms' concerned when making application for approval of a scheme. (3)Expenditure by other Government Departments in these Areas under the same Act is borne on the Votes of these Departments. (4)Includes Central Scotland, Dundee and Highlands Development Areas. concerns, the total Government expenditure in each area under the Act, and the total in each area since 1945.
§ Sir D. EcclesThe Distribution of Industry Act, 1945, repealed the Special Areas (Development and Improvement)Acts, 1934 and 1937, and created the four Development Areas set out in the First Schedule to the Act. These were larger than the pre-war Special Areas, and further Development Areas have since been added to the Schedule. The table below sets out the information asked for in respect of the present Development Areas.
Comparable information on new works, factories, etc., in the Special Areas in the period 1934 to 1945 is not available.
Gross expenditure under the Special Areas (Development and Improvement)Acts, 1934 and 1937, was as follows:
1934 to 15th June, 1945 £ Commissioner for the Special Areas (England and Wales) 16,249,080 Commissioner for the Special Areas (Scotland) 4,562,529