HC Deb 24 July 1973 vol 860 cc461-2W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the

June 1973 June 1968 June 1963
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Tearn Valley 11,413 6,347 10,430 6,903 8,634 5,915
West Chirton 1,457 1,239 1,850 1,284 1,965 1,419
South Shields 1,103 2,484 1,050 2,192 345 1,523
Bede 1,546 1,782 1,518 2,074 1,144 1,653
Newtown 633 478 312 85 175 17
Cramlington 1, 490 936 715 478
Teesside 660 476 47 8
Hartlepoo 3, 749 4, 393 3, 317 4, 987 1, 486 3, 661
East Middlesbrough 182 2, 724 251 2, 590 187 1, 123
Pallion 4, 095 2, 087 3, 960 2, 320 3, 116 3, 045
Southwick 1, 500 2, 081 2, 214 4, 945 855 2, 795
Dragonville 614 552 607 809 476 778
Spennymoor 3.425 3, 151 2, 283 2, 399 1, 699 1, 604
Aycliffe* 6, 119 2, 418 4, 043 1, 047
West Auckland 060 1, 202 857 1, 225 768 1, 174
Shildon 241 842 154 738 308 535
Crook 942 713 695 711 358 603
Maryport 413 797 413 653 25 796
Salterbeck 613 333 451 381 335 394
Meadowfield 619 236 34 2
Others (35 small and individual sites) 6, 882 7, 360 6, 381 8, 702 5, 015 9, 417

*Since 1st April 1973 this estate has been administered by Aycliffe Development Corporation.

number of times and the statutes in which retrospection has been authorised in Acts originating in his Department which have received the Royal Assent in the past three years.

Mr. Peter Walker

In Acts originating in the Department of Trade and Industry which received the Royal Assent in the Sessions 1970–71, 1971–72 and 1972–73, some degree of retrospection was contained in the following provisions:

Atomic Energy Authority Act 1971 (c. 11), Section 5.

Investment and Building Grants Act 1971 (c. 51), Sections 1 and 2 (7).

Civil Aviation Act 1971 (c. 75), Schedule 2.

Electricity Act 1972 (c. 17), Section 2.

Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), Sections 1 (6), 11 and 14 and Schedule 2, Paragraph 3 (3).