§ Commander Purseyasked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development if he will state the total amount spent on the construction of new factories, the number of factories constructed, and the number for whom employment was found, in each year between 1952 and the latest convenient date, respectively, for the City of Hull.
§ Mr. HeathThe available information is as follows:
BUILDING SCHEMES FOR THE CITY OF HULL FOR WHICH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES WERE ISSUED Schemes completed each year from 1952 to 1963 Year Number of Schemes Estimated additional employment 1952 … … 20 297 1953 … … 15 418 1954 … … 18 1,024 1955 … … 18 709 1956 … … 9 548 1957 … … 10 138 1958 … … 16 465 1959 … … 12 120 1960 … … 15 391 1961 … … 17 444 1962 … … 14 780 1963 … … 11 276 Information on the cost of building these factories has not been collected.