§ Lord MOLSONasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have information regarding the number and total area of factories in the United Kingdom now vacant; how many advance factories have been completed since 1970 and what is their total area; and how many of these are at present empty and what is their total area.
§ The PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE, DEPARTMENT of INDUSTRY (Lord Melchett)Such information about vacant factories is not collected by the Government. Since 1st January 1971, 190 advance factories amounting to 2,640,204 square feet have been completed in Great Britain by the Government. Of these 44 totally 591,193 square feet are unlet at present.
House adjourned at twenty-three minutes before eight o'clock