§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Industry what are the numbers of IDCs that have been provided for the West Midlands region in each of the years 1973 and 1974 and the figures for IDCs provided up to the latest available date in 1975, together with the amount 124W of square footage of space these approvals represent in each of the years concerned.
§ Mr. Gregor MackenzieThe following table covers projects of 15,000 sq. ft. and over:
No. of IDCs issued '000 sq. ft. 1973 221 12,475 1974 145 6,284 1975(Jan.-Sept) 97 3,690 The IDC exemption limit applying outside the intermediate area part of the West Midlands Region was reduced from 15,000 sq. ft. to 10,000 sq. ft. on 1st September 1974.