§ Mr. McGuireasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total number of advance factories already built
Rate of Unemployment Location Size* When Announced Current Rate December 1972 Sq. ft. Month Per cent Per cent Barrow … 25,000 April 1964 … 3.1 2.5 Barrow … 25,000 August … 3.1 2.5 Barrow … 15,000 August 1968 … 3.1 2.5 Huyton … 15,000 June 1967 … 3.3 7.8 Knowsley … 25,000 November 1964 … 3.4 7.8 Knowsley … 25,000 September 1965 … 2.7 7.8 Knowsley … 15,000 June 1967 … 3.3 7.8 Knowsley … 25,000 March 1970 … 4.5 7.8 Merseyside South (Birkenhead) … 25,000 November 1964 … 3.4 7.8 Nelson and Colne … 10,000 March 1970 … 1.8 2.4 Rossendale Valley … 10,000 March 1970 … 1.7 2.7 St. Helens … 25,000 November 1966 … 2.1 4.5 St. Helens … 15,000 June 1967 … 2.5 4.5 Speke … 35,000 March 1959 … 4.1 7.8 Widnes … 25,000 November 1964 … 2.8 4.9 * Excluding extensions built later.
Region Total Number of Factories As Percentage of Great Britain Total Area Sq. Ft.* As Percentage of Great Britain North West … … … 15 5.5 315,000 5.6 Wales … … … 56 20.7 1,066,110 18.9 Scotland … … … 92 34.1 2,176,250 38.5 Great Britain … … … 269 100 5,647,360 100 * Excluding extensions built later.