HC Deb 08 December 1966 vol 737 cc341-2W
Mr. William Hamilton

asked the President of the Board of Trade how much new factory space has been provided in Fife in each of the last five years; and how many jobs for males and females, respectively, are expected to accrue from such provision.

Mr. Jay

The amount of industrial space for which i.d.c.'s had been issued and which was completed in Fife in the years in question is shown below:

INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR WHICH I.D.C.s WERE ISSUED*
Manufacturing industry
Year Area completed Thousand sq. ft.
1961 53
1962 313
1963 91
1964 392
1965 418
* Employment Exchange Areas of: Anstruther, Burntisland, Cowdenbeath, Cupar, Dunfermline, Inverkeithing, Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes, Leven and Methil, St. Andrews, Tayport.
Estimates made by the industrialists to whom industrial development certificates were issued, of the number of new jobs which would arise when the completed factories were fully manned totalled 2,170 males and 2,680 females.

Mr. William Hamilton

asked the President of the Board of Trade how much new factory space has been provided in Scotland in each of the last five years how many new jobs have resulted, or are expected; and how many such jobs are for males.

Mr. Jay

The space completed in Scotland, for manufacturing industry for which i.d.c.'s were issued in the years 1961–65, is given in the following table. The industrialists to whom i.d.c.'s were issued estimated that 57,500 new jobs would arise when the factories were fully manned, of which 37,500 would be for males.

Year Area Mill. sq. ft.
1961 3.5
1962 5.2
1963 3.9
1964 3.9
1965 4.3