§ 70. Mr. Dudley Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade how many industrial development certificates 68W have been granted in the West Midlands area since March, 1966 to the nearest appropriate date; and how many applications for industrial development certificates have been refused in that time for the same area.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyIn the period 1st April, 1966 to 31st March 1968, 841 industrial development certificates have been granted in the West Midlands. Statistics of i.d.cs. refused in each region are in future to be published, but the information asked for by the hon. Member is not yet available and I will write to him as soon as figures have been collected.