HC Deb 27 April 1971 vol 816 cc94-5W
Mr. Harper

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will give the number of industrial development certificates applied for, and granted, in the area covered by the Pontefract constituency for each year from 1962 to 1970;

(2) what was the number of industrial development certificates, applied for, and granted, in the area covered by the Castle-ford Borough Council for each year from 1962 to 1970;

(3) what was the number of industrial development certificates, applied for, and granted, in the area covered by the Pontefract Borough Council each year from 1962 to 1970;

(4) what was the number of industrial development certificates, applied for, and granted, in the area covered by the Featherstone Urban District Council for each year from 1962 to 1970.

Mr. Anthony Grant

Information for the precise areas requested is not available, but the numbers of industrial development certificates issued in 1962–70 in the Castleford Travel to Work Area, which is made up of the Castleford, Pontefract, Normanton and Knottingley employment exchange areas, are given below. In this period only one application was refused.

1962 1963 1964
7 5 9
1965 1966 1967
4 7 9
1968 1969 1970
17 23 12

Mr. Harper

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the number of industrial development certificates applied for, and granted, in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region during the year 1970.

Mr. Anthony Grant

Four hundred and sixty-one certificates were granted and two were refused.