§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will authorise a new programme of advance factory building in Ayrshire to create additional industrial potential and also create work for the building industry;
(2) if, now that the Mosshill industrial estate has been fully booked, he will consider creating similar ventures in the Patna and Dalmellington areas of the Doon Valley.
§ Mr. Gregor MacKenzieThese are matters for the Scottish Development Agency.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the advance 38W factories built in each separate public-administered industrial estate in South Ayrshire over each of the past 12 years.
§ Mr. Gregor MacKenzieThe information in respect of advance factories constructed by the Scottish Industrial Estates Corporation and the Scottish Development Agency is as follows:
Year Factory Size (sq. ft.) 1967 Nil 1966 Cumnock (Gateshead) 12,000 1967 Cumnock (Caponacre) 27,500 Girvan 12,500 1968 Nil 1969 Nil 1970 Girvan 20,000 1971 Ayr (Mosshill) 20,000 1972 Nil 1973 Nil 1974 Nil 1975 Cumnock (Caponacre) 10,000 Ayr (Mosshill) 25,000 1976 Cumnock (Caponacre) (under construction) 10,000 Information regarding advance factories built by local authorities is not held centrally.