§ Mr. Donnellyasked the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has made of the annual cost to industry and the economy of the industrial development certificate system in each year 1945–68 under the following headings, namely, administrative costs and the number of man hours in industry and in central government and local government departments.
Jobs arising from assistance offered in Financial year ending 31st March Scottish Welsh Northern Merseyside South Western Gt. Britain* Total 1961 … 20,300 6,560 .. .. .. 57,400 1962 … 16,700 2,800 .. .. .. 27,600 1963 … 5,900 800 .. .. .. 27,100 1964 … 18,500 1,000 .. .. .. 41,800 1965 … 21,390 2,088 .. .. .. 60,243 1966 … 42,267 6,389 .. .. .. 92,494 1967 … 36,128 12,979 23,737 11,211 1,658 86,183 1968 … 25,394 13,260 18,724 7,898 1,971 67,404 1969 (Apr./Dec.) … 14,457 10,566 19,300 7,407 2,116 53,936 * Includes former development districts not included in the development areas. ..Not available.