§ Mr. Garrettasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state for the year ended 31st December, 1966 the number of approvals given for the building of factories and extensions in the North-East development districts, giving the area and the estimated employment and cost.
§ Mr. DarlingDevelopment Districts were replaced by Development Areas, as from 19th August, 1966. Industrial Development Certificates were approved for 238 projects with a total area of 8,838,000 sq. ft. in the Northern Development Area in 1966. The additional employment estimated by applicants when their projects are fully manned was 21,860. Applicants for i.d.c.'s are not asked to give estimates of the cost of projects.