HC Deb 07 December 1978 vol 959 cc743-55W
Mr. Norman Lamont

asked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the dates, and the areas of the United Kingdom involved, in the last 10 years, when either a special development area, a development area, or an intermediate area, has had its designation for regional policy purposes removed, or altered to one of a lower priority; and if he will indicate in such cases to what sort of priority it was changed;

(2) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, for the last 10 years, the dates and areas which have been added for regional policy purposes to the categories of special development area, development area, or intermediate area.

Mr. Les Huckfield:

The information is as follows:

Employment Exchange Area Employment Office Area(as appropriate) Type of Assisted Area Effective date Statutory Instrument
Knottingley Intermediate Area 5th March 1970 1970 No. 308
Maltby
Mexborough " " "
Normanton " " "
Pontefract " " "
Rotherham " " "
Royston " " "
South Kirkby " " "
Thorne " " "
Todmorden " " "
Wakefield " " "
Wombwell " " "
North Humberside
Beverley " " "
Goole " " "
Hessle " " "
Hull " " "
Notts./ Derbyshire " " "
Alfreton " " "
Heanor " " "
Sutton-in-Ashfield " " "
Worksop " " "
South East Wales
Abergavenny (excluding that part which was outside the Abergavenny Municipal Borough and the Abergavenny Rural District) " " "
Barry " " "
Cardiff " " "
Cwmbran " " "
Llantwit Major " " "
Newport " " "
Newport Docks (now part of Newport) " " "
Penarth " " "
Plymouth " " "
Devonport " " "
Gunnislake " " "
Plymouth " " "
Plympton " " "
Saltash " " "
Scotland
Leith " " "
South West
Okehampton Intermediate Area 10th March 1971 1971 No. 329
Tavistock " " "
West Midlands
Oswestry " " "
Yorkshire
Bridlington " " "
Filey " " "
Scotland
Edinburgh " " "
Portobello " " "
Yorkshire and Humberside
Attercliffe (now Firth Park) Intermediate Area 22nd March 1972 1972 No. 421
Barton-on-Humber " " "
Batley " " "
Bradford " " "
Brighouse " " "
Chapeltown " " "
Dewsbury " " "
Driffield " " "
Elland " " "
Grimsby " " "
Halifax " " "
Employment Exchange Area Employment Office Area(as appropriate) Type of Assisted Area Effective date Statutory Instrument
Harrogate Intermediate 22nd March 1972 1972No.421
Haworth(now part of Keighley) Area " "
HebdenBridge " " "
Horsforth " " "
Huddersfield " " "
Keighley " " "
Leeds " " "
Morley " " "
Otley " " "
Pocklington(now part of York) " " "
Ripon " " "
Rothwell " " "
Scunthorpe " " "
Seacroft " " "
Selby " " "
Sheffield " " "
Shipley " " "
Skipton " " "
SowerbyBridge " " "
SpenValley " " "
Stanningley(nowBramley) " " "
Stocksbridge(nowpartofSheffield) " " "
Tadcaster (now part of York) " " "
Wetherby " " "
Woodhouse " " "
Yeadon (formerly Guiseley) " " "
York " " "
North West
Altrincham " " "
Ashton-in-Makerfield " " "
Ashton-under-Lyne " " "
AthertonandTyldesley " " "
BamberBridge " " "
Blackpool " " "
Bolton " " "
Bury " " "
Buxton " " "
Chapel-en-le-Frith (now part of Buxton) " " "
Chester " " "
Chorley " " "
Clitheroe " " "
Congleton " " "
Crewe " " "
Denton " " "
Eccles " " "
Failsworth " " "
Farnworth " " "
Fleetwood " " "
Glosworth " " "
Golborne(now part of Leigh) " " "
Heywood " " "
Hindley " " "
Horwich " " "
Hyde " " "
Irlam " " "
Kirkham " " "
Lancaster " " "
Leigh " " "
Levenshulme " " "
Leyland " " "
Littleborough " " "
Lytham " " "
Macclesfield " " "
Manchester " " "
Marple " " "
Middleton " " "
Middlewich " " "
Morecambe " " "
Mossley " " "
Nantwich " " "
NewMills " " "
Employment Exchange Area! Employment Office Area(as appropriate) Type of Assisted Area Effective date Statutory Instrument
Newton Heath Intermediate 22nd March 1972 1972 No. 421
Newton le Willows (formerly Earlestown) Area " "
Northwich " " "
Oldham and Chadderton " " "
Openshaw " " "
Ormskirk " " "
Preston " " "
Prestwich " " "
Radcliffe " " "
Ramsbottom " " "
Rochdale " " "
Royton " " "
Saddleworth (now part of Oldham) " " "
Salford " " "
Sandbach " " "
Shaw (now part of Oldham) " " "
Skelmersdale (excluding that part which lies within the designated area of Skelmersdale New Town) " " "
Southport " " "
Stalybridge " " "
St. Anne's-on-the-Sea " " "
Standish (now part of Wigan) " " "
Stockport " " "
Stretford " " "
Swinton " " "
Thornton Cleveleys " " "
Warrington " " "
Westhoughton " " "
Wigan " " "
Wilmslow " " "
Winsford " " "
Withington (now Didsbury) " " "
Worsley " " "
Wythenshawe " " "
Lincolnshire
Gainsborough " " "
Horncastle " " "
Louth " " "
Mablethorpe " " "
Skegness " " "
North Wales
Buckley (now part of Shotton) " " "
Colwyn Bay " " "
Flint " " "
Holywell " " "
Llandudno " " "
Mold " " "
Rhyl " " "
Shotton " " "
South East Wales
Chepstow " " "
Monmouth " " "
Northern Region
Ashington Special Development Area 10th August 1972 1972 No. 1234
Aspatria " " "
Bedlington " " "
Birtley " " "
Bishop Auckland (including the area served by the sub-office of Evenwood) " " "
Blaydon " " "
Blyth " " "
Chester-le-Street " " '
Cleator Moor " " "
Cockermouth " " "
Consett " " "
Crook " " "
Durham " " "

Employment Exchange Area/ Employment Office Area(as appropriate) Type of Assisted Area Effective date Statutory Instrument
East Boldon Special Development Area 10th August 1972 1972 No. 1234
Felling " "
Gateshead " " "
Haltwhistle " " "
Hartlepool " " "
Hartlepool Headland (now part of Hartlepool) " " "
Houghton-le-Spring " " "
Jarrow and Hebburn " " "
Lanchester " " "
Maryport " " "
Millom " " "
Newburn " " "
Newcastle-upon-Tyne " " "
North Shields " " "
Peterlee " " "
Prudhoe " " "
Seaham " " "
Seaton Delaval (now Cramlington) " " "
Shildon " " "
South Shields " " "
Southwick " " "
Spennymoor " " "
Stanley " " '
Sunderland " " "
Walker " " "
Wallsend " " "
Washington " " "
West Moor " " "
Whitehaven " " "
Whitley Bay " " "
Wingate " " "
Workington " " "
Scotland
Airdrie " " "
Alexandria " " "
Barrhead " " "
Bellshill " " "
Blantyre " " "
Bridgeton (now Glasgow Central) " " "
Cambuslang " " "
Carluke " " "
Coatbridge " " '
Clydebank " " "
Cumbernauld " " "
Dumbraton " " "
Easterhouse " " "
East Kilbride " " "
Girvan " " "
Glasgow (South Side) " " "
Govan " " "
Greenock " " "
Hamilton (including the area served by the sub-office of Strathaven) " " "
Helensburgh " " "
Hillington " " "
Irvine (including the area served by the sub-office of Dairy) " " "
Johnstone " " "
Kilsyth " " "
Kilwinning " " "
Kinning Park " " "
Kirkintilloch " " "
Larkhall " " "
Lesmahagow " " "
Leven and Methil " " "
Maryhill " " "
Motherwell " " "
Paisley " " "
Parkhead " " "
Partick " " "
Employment Exchange Area! Employment Office Area(as appropriate) Type of Assisted Area Effective date Statutory Instrument
Port Glasgow Special Development Area 10th August 1972 1972 No. 1234
Renfrew " " "
Rutherglen " " "
Saltcoats (excluding the Isle of Arran) " " "
Sanquhar " " "
Shotts " " "
Springburn " " "
Uddingston " " "
Wishaw " " "
In addition the area designated by the New Town (Glenrothes) Designation Order 1948(a) as the site of a proposed new town and the area designated by the New Town (Livingston) Designation Order 1962(b) as the site of a proposed new town.
Wales Special Development Area 10th August 1972 1972 No. 1234
Aberdare " " "
Abertillery " " "
Ammanford (excluding those areas served by the sub-offices of Llandeilo and Llandovery) " " "
Bargoed " " "
Blackwood " " "
Brynmawr " " "
Cymmer " " "
Dowlais (now part of Merthyr Tydfil) " " "
Ebbw Vale " " "
Ferndale " " "
Garnant " " "
Llantrisant " " "
Maesteg " " "
Merthyr Tydfil " " "
Mountain Ash " " "
Neath " " "
Newbridge " " "
Pontardawe " " "
Pontlottyn " " "
Pontypridd " " "
Resolven " " "
Tonypandy " " "
Tonyrefail " " "
Tredegar " " "
Treharris " " "
Treorchy " " "
Ystradgynlais " " "
Ystrad Mynach " " "
Merseyside
Birkenhead Group (Bebington, Birkenhead and Wallasey) Special Development Area 14th August 1974 1974 No. 1372
Ellesmere Port " " "
Hoylake " " "
Liverpool Group (Bootle, Crosby, Garston, Kirkby, Liverpool Old Swan, Regent Road (Liverpool) and Walton) " " "
Neston " " ",
Prescot " " "
Runcorn " " "
St. Helens " " "
Widnes " " "
In addition the area designated by the Skelmersdale New Town (Designation) Order 1961(a) as varied by the Skelmersdale New Town (Designation) Amendment Order 1969(b) as the site of a proposed new town.
North West Wales
Blaenau Ffestiniog Special Development Area 14th August 1974 1974 No. 1372
Caernarvon " " "
Bangor " " "
Penygroes " " "
Pwllheli " " "
Bethesda " " "
Porthmadog " " "
Holyhead " " "
Employment Exchange Area/ Employment Office Area(as appropriate) Type of Assisted Area Effective date Statutory Instrument
Amlwch Special Development Area 14th August 1974 1974 No. 1372
Beaumaris " " "
Llangefni " " "
Scotland
Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello Development Area 14th August 1974 1974 No. 1372
Wales
Barry, Cardiff, Llantwit Major and Penarth " " "
Chesterfield, Clay Cross, Eckington and Staveley Intermediate Area 14th August 1974 1974 No. 1372
Scotland
Arbroath, Cumnock, Dundee (excluding the area served by the sub-office of St. Andrews), Kiburnie and Lanark Special Development Area 14th April 1977 1977 No. 683
Grimsby, Hull Group (Beverley, Hessle and Hull) and Shotton Group (Flint, Holywell, Mold and Shotton) Development Area 14th April 1977 1977 No. 683
Bransholme Development Area 20th April 1977 1977 No. 706

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