§ Mrs. Hartasked the President of the Board of Trade what industries, in terms of the Standard Industrial Classification, together with the amount of factory space involved in each case, have applied for industrial development certificates during 1962.
§ Mr. D. PriceA breakdown by industries of applications for industrial development certificates on which a decision was made (excluding those for existing premises coming into industrial 83W use) is a major task undertaken annually in respect of the previous calendar year.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES: FIRM APPLICATIONS IN 1961 Standard Industrial Classification Industry Order Number of schemes Area ('000 sq. ft.) III Food, drink and tobacco … 170 4,567 IV Chemicals and allied trades … 176 5,640 V Metal manufacture … 155 7,022 VI Engineering and electrical goods … 551 12,257 VII Shipbuilding and marine engineering … 27 480 VIII Vehicles … 125 4,897 IX Metal goods not elsewhere specified … 189 3,703 X Textiles … 93 1,859 XI Leather, leather goods and fur … 18 195 XII Clothing and footwear … 83 1,619 XIII Bricks, pottery, glass and cement … 144 3,565 XIV Timber, furniture, etc. … 110 2,046 XV Paper, printing and publishing … 184 4,094 XVI Other manufacturing industry … 130 2,623 Total manufacturing industry … 2,155 54,567 Agriculture … 5 66 Mining and Quarrying … 14 277 Construction … 37 613 Gas, electricity and water … 13 284 Transport and communication … 32 616 Distributive trades … 88 1,425 Professional and scientific services … 5 59 Miscellaneous services … 165 3,325 Public administration and defence … 2 11 361 6,676 Grand total … 2,516 61,243