§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out increases in office space available in each region of the United Kingdom since 1967 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe net increases in office floor space between 1st April 1967 and 1st April 1976 are estimated to be:
Region Net Change (million square metres) (provisional figures) Northern … 0.5 Yorkshire and Humberside … 0.8 North-West … 1.8 East Midlands … 0.7 West Midlands … 1.0 East Anglia … 0.4 South-East … 7.0 South-West … 1.1 Wales … 0.4 England and Wales … 13.8 Figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the respective Secretaries of State.
§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give details of the amount of office space built in each of the regions of the United
306Wa local authority dwelling in England, including interest, maintenance and administration in each of the years 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970 and in each subsequent year.
§ Mr. FreesonAs follows:
Kingdom from 1967 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe amount of floor space provided by new commercial office hereditaments between 1st April 1974 and 1st April 1976 is estimated to be:
Floor-Space of new hereditaments (thousand sq. metres) Northern … 122 Yorkshire and Humberside … 180 North-West … 313 East Midlands … 126 West Midlands … 393 East Anglia … 143 South-East … 1,578 South-West … 243 Wales … 109 England and Wales … 3,205 Figures do not sum, due to rounding.
Corresponding figures are not available for the period between 1967 and 1974.
Figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the respective Secretaries of State.