HC Deb 28 May 1970 vol 801 c566W
Mr. Boyden

asked the Minister of Technology how many industrial development certificates, and what area of factory space, were approved in southwest Durham in 1969 and to the latest convenient month in 1970.

Mr. Varley:

From 1st January, 1969, to 31st March, 1970, 24 i.d.c.s for nearly 1.2 million sq. ft. were issued in South-West Durham.

Mr. Boyden

asked the Minister of Technology how many jobs are currently in prospect in South-West Durham; and in which years he estimates that they will materialise.

Mr. Varley:

Jobs in prospect expected to arise during the next four years in South-West Durham in authorised new industrial buildings and in buildings taken over by manufacturing industry total 5,500, of which nearly 80 per cent. are for males. It is not possible to provide estimates for individual years.

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