Mr. H. Wilsonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state, for each year from 1946 to the present time, for the Lancashire and Cheshire sides, respectively, of the Merseyside Development Area as defined in the 1949 Merseyside Development Area Order, the number of factories over 5,000 square feet in area approved and completed, respectively, the total area of factory space involved, and the approximate numbers employed when in full production or estimated to be employed when approval was given.
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§ Sir K. JosephThe information is as follows:
— Approvals Completions Number of Schemes Area '000 sq. ft. Estimated additional employment Number of Schemes Area '000 sq. ft. Estimated additional employment MERSEYSIDE: NORTH 1946 … … 29 748 3,009 1 10 — 1947 … … 20 650 4,326 8 83 282 1948 … … 16 1,100 2,249 19 436 2,095 1949 … … 46 1,435 3,034 14 294 1,206 1950 … … 40 1,407 5,675 8 160 278 1951 … … 39 2,430 9,805 32 1,462 4,773 1952 … … 25 1,166 1,424 37 745 2,668 1953 … … 48 666 2,467 28 1,746 5,156 1954 … … 39 1,541 3,183 35 590 2,068 1955 … … 54 2,905 9,160 39 674 2,337 1956 … … 33 631 1,450 37 775 1,577 1957 … … 30 867 2,112 31 894 3,561 1958 … … 30 455 825 29 428 1,215 1959 … … 61 1,174 4,049 28 527 887 1960 … … 65 7,854 32,424 40 787 2,924 1961 … … 27 680 1,720 45 1,257 5,137 MERSEYSIDE: SOUTH 1946 … … 6 156 600 1 7 26 1947 … … 7 218 1,681 — — — 1948 … … 11 261 795 8 134 996 1949 … … 15 250 725 3 152 700 1950 … … 10 317 709 6 110 79 1951 … … 17 481 811 11 263 1,117 1952 … … 7 69 122 9 133 127 1953 … … 4 84 321 6 324 612 1954 … … 14 390 1,186 9 222 263 1955 … … 17 802 1,641 12 103 100 1956 … … 10 477 1,292 11 367 882 1957 … … 14 885 953 7 213 573 1958 … … 8 94 189 11 506 1,220 1959 … … 17 810 2,083 7 306 389 1960 … … 13 525 2,937 14 451 545 1961 … … 8 126 553 6 84 52
Mr. H. Wilsonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state in respect of the Lancashire and Cheshire sides, respectively, of the Merseyside Development Area, as defined in the 1949 Merseyside Development Area Order, the number of firms receiving assistance under the Distribution of Industry Acts, 1945 and 1950, and the total floor area of the factories involved, and for the Lancashire and Cheshire areas, respectively, of Merseyside, the number and floor area of factories receiving assistance under the Local Employment Act, 1960.
§ Sir K. JosephMy right hon. Friend is obtaining this information and will write to the right hon. Member within the next few days.
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Mr. H. Wilsonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the number of factories built each year and the total area of floor space involved in that part of the Merseyside Development Area covered by the Liverpool Corporation Act, 1936, from 1946 to the present time.
§ Sir K. JosephI regret that the information is not available.