§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the average number of jobs created per acre of new industrial development within the last five years; and what was the number of new jobs created by such development in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantI regret that information in the form requested is not avail-254W able, but details of new industrial building completed for manufacturing industry in the years 1960–69 for which industrial development certificates have been issued are given in the table below.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES COMPLETIONS—TOTAL, GREAT BRITAIN Estimated Additional Employment* Thousand square feet Males (Thousand) Total (Thousand) 1960 … 48,436 48.6 74.9 1961 … 53,438 54.4 85.3 1962 … 45,567 55.0 80.1 1963 … 34,272 45.8 63.4 1964 … 32,444 37.4 61.4 1965 … 38,306 58.7 84.0 1966 … 37,436 50.2 78.5 1967 … 34,895 44.9 70.7 1968 … 39,192 46.0 69.8 1969 … 46,440 45.0 71.4 * Estimates based on information provided by applicants for industrial development certificates.