Factories (Dundee) (Hansard, 10 December 1976)

§ Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what new advance factories have been located in Dundee in each of the last five years; what is the occupancy rate of such factories; and

Starting date	Location		Area (sq. ft.)	Area (sq. m.)
1971	…	…	Nil		Nil	Nil
1972	…	…	Nil		Nil	Nil
March 1973	…	…	Dundee IE (No. 4)	…	29,246	2,717
1974	…	…	Nil		Nil	Nil
March 1975	…	…	Wester Gourdie IE (No. 5)	…	10,237	951
			Wester Gourdie IE (No. 6)	…	24,994	2,322
August 1976	…	…	Wester Gourdie IE (No. 8)	…	40,000	3,720
						(under construction; estimated completion, May 1977)
August 1976	…	…	Baldovie IE (No. 7)	…	20,000	187
						(contractors appointed, estimated completion, August-September 1977)
			Baldovie IE (No. 9)	…	10,000	930
						(not yet started; estimated completion end of 1977)
Total	…	…			134,477	12,500

Information regarding advance faction is now a matter for the Scottish tories built by local authorities and private Development Agency. speculative builders is not held centrally. The management of the factories listed above and all other factories constructed by the Scottish Development Agency and the Scottish Industrial Estates Corporation

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of the British Steel Corporation for only the last two years of the period; these amounted to £37.8 million in 1974–75 and £96.3 million in 1975–76. The figures do not cover any private sector investment that may have been facilitated by Government grants or loans.

what is the occupancy rate in each year of all Government factories in Dundee.