HC Deb 17 February 1959 vol 600 c21W
Mr. Ness Edwards

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the number and area of industrial buildings for which industrial development certificates were granted for each year 1945 to 1958, inclusive; and how many in each year were located in the Development Areas.

Sir D. Eccles

The figures are given in the following table. They relate only to schemes of over 5,000 square feet submitted by manufacturing industries as classified in Orders III to XVI of the "Standard Industrial Classification".

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES ISSUED 1945–1958
Year Great Britain Development Areas
Number Area Number Area
'000 sq. ft. '000 sq. ft.
1945 651 26,134 311 16,301
1946 1,554 40,807 541 17,522
1947 851 25,024 287 13,296
1948 1,134 26,723 181 5,803
1949 2,421 58,537 349 8,602
1950 2,031 45,865 310 8,223
1951 1,972 46,629 310 11,762
1952 1,130 26,497 183 5,738
1953 1,959 39,041 289 6,872
1954 2,701 70,854 324 12,839
1955 3,322 91,648 415 14,239
1956 2,466 71,033 332 13,574
1957 2,422 63,638 348 14,195
1958 2,106 46,143 277 8,499