§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade (I) how many applications were received by his Department from industrial concerns in North Staffordshire desiring to modernise or extend in each year since 1945; how many were refused an industrial development certificate; and how many extra jobs were involved in all these applications;
(2) if he will set out in tabular form, for each year since 1945, the number of new factories constructed in North Staffordshire to manufacture pottery, the number of extensions each year, and the number of factories which have been modernised.
§ Mr. DarlingThe total number of applications for industrial development certificates in North Staffordshire received in the period was 652 of which 5 were refused. The additional employment associated with these applications was 25,000. Information is available only in respect of developments requiring industrial development certificates. It is not possible to distinguish in the figures between applications made for the purpose of modernising and extending.
The following table gives by years the figures of applications approved and rejected, and the number of new buildings 175W and extensions in respect of the pottery industry for which i.d.c.s have been given
Pottery Industry number of completions Year Total number of applications approved Applications refused new buildings extensions 1945 … … 7 — — — 1946 … … 54 — 1 1 1947 … … 28 — — 13 1948 … … 25 — 1 22 1949 … … 54 1 — 19 1950 … … 41 2 1 17 1951 … … 37 — — 19 1952 … … 22 — — 21 1953 … … 26 — — 9 1954 … … 42 — 1 16 1955 … … 37 — — 12 1956 … … 24 — 1 14 1957 … … 34 — 2 11 1958 … … 25 — 1 4 1959 … … 35 — — 13 1960 … … 47 — — 10 1961 … … 28 — — 7 1962 … … 20 — — 5 1963 … … 30 — — 8 1964 … … 31 2 — 2 1945–64 … … 647 5 8 223