§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the locations where the Development Commission is currently responsible, itself or with others, for building factory space, the total of space under construction, the total number of jobs to be provided, and the penalty costs anticipated if such building was to stop before completion.
§ Mr. MonroThe locations are set out in the table which follows.
A total of 278,580 sq. ft. of factory space is included in contracts let. This will provide about 1,100 jobs.
900WThe information requested in the final part of the question is not readily available and could not be extracted except at disproportionate cost.
Derbyshire
Tideswell.
Staffs
Leek, Longnor.
Salop
Market Drayton, Bishops Castle, Oswestry.
Hereford and Worcester
Kington, Leintwardine, Ewyas Harold Peterchurch, Bromyard.
Somerset
Williton.
Dorset
Gillingham.
Devon
Axminster, Bampton, Buckfastleigh, Holsworthy, Tavistock.
Lines
Horncastle, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Sleaford, Halbeach, Caistor.
Norfolk
North Walsham, Fakenham.
Isle of Wight
Newport.
Leicestershire
Oakham.
Gloucestershire
Cinderford.
Sussex
Heathfield.
Notts
Sutton on Trent.
Suffolk
Leiston.
Northumberland
Rothbury, Belford, Wooler, Allendale, Bellingham, Haltwhistle, Haydon Bridge.
Cumbria
Askam, Brampton, Tebay, Appleby.
Lanes
Chipping, Earby.
North Yorks
Bentham, Leeming Bar, Askrigg, Hunmanby, Castleton.
Cornwall
Wadebridge, St. Ives, St. Just, Roche, St. Columb Major.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all locations where the Development Commission itself, or with others, proposes to build or finance the provision of factory space, the total number of jobs expected to result from such provision, and the penalty costs anticipated if such plans were to be withdrawn.
§ Mr. MonroThe locations are set out in the information which follows.
901WAbout 5,200 jobs are expected to be provided.
As contracts have yet to be placed, the last part of the question does not arise.
Information about factories financed by loans made by the council for small industries in rural areas is not readily available and is not included above. I shall write to the hon. Member about this.
Northumberland
Alnwick, Amble, Berwick, Belford, Wooler, Hadston, Bellingham.
Cumbria
Silloth, Wigton, Longtown, Millom, Alston, Brough, Tebay, Appleby, Kirkby-Thore, Lazonby/Kirkoswald Broughton, Keswick, Caldbeck, Sedbergh, Cark, Grange-over-Sands Kirkby Lonsdale, Askam.
Durham
Coxhoe, South Hetton, Thornby Station, Sedgefield, Fishburn Trimdon Grange, Mainsforth, Barnard Castle, Cockfield, Evenwood, Middleton, Stanhope, Tow Law, Wolsingham.
Lanes
Hornby, Trawden, Gisburn, Pilling, Garstang, Galgate, Whalley, Halton.
North Yorks
Bentham, Ingleton, Settle, Leening Bar, Masham, Pateley Bridge, Askrigg, Leyburn.
Humberside
Withemsea.
Cornwall
Looe, Gunnislake, Roseland Area, Nancegollan, St. Keverne, Bude, Padstow, Camel-ford, Wadebridge, St. Ives, Fowey/ Lostwithiel, Bugle, Goonhavern, Mullion Pensilva, St. Agnes, St. Columb Major, St. Columb Road, St. Just, Roche, Granpound Road, St. Germans.
Derbyshire
Tideswell, Bakewell/Youlegreave, Works-worth, Hartington /Porwich, Ashbourne.
Staffs
Leek, Ipstones, Waterhouses, Waslow.
Salop
Whitchurch, Bishops Castle, Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Ludlow, Bucknell, Clun, Cleobury Mortimer, Brockton Worthern, Oswestry, St. Martins.
Hereford and Worcester
Kington, Weobley, Leintwardine, Eardisley, Leominster, Tenbury/Lindridge, Dilwyn/ Kingsland/Eardisland, Ewyas Harold, Peterchurch, Ross-on-Wye, Kingstone, Longtown, Whitchurch, Wellington, Much Dewchurch, Ledbury.
902WSomerset
Williton, Wincanton, Wireliscombe.
Dorset
Gillingham, Beaminster, Lyme Regis.
Devon
Axminster, Honiton, Hampton, Lanford, Buckfastleigh, Moretonhampstead, Kings-bridge, Dartmouth, Bradworthy, Okehampton, Chulmleigh, Holsworthy, Hatherleigh, Tavistock, Lifton, South Molton.
Lines
Spilsby, Horncastle, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Alford, Heckington, Sleaford, Donington, Holbeach, Billingborough, Caistor, Market Rasen.
Norfolk
Fakenham, North Walsham, Holt, Sheringham, Mundesley, Dereham, Swaffham, Attleborough, Watton, Downham Market.
Isle of Wight
Newport.
Cambridgeshire
Wishech, March, Chatteris, Littleport, Ramsey.
Leicestershire
Oakham.
Gloucestershire
Northleach, Cinderford.
Sussex
Heathfield.
Hampshire
Borden.
Suffolk
Halesworth.
Wiltshire
Mere/Tisbury.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the total number of jobs and the total of factory space built since the Development Commission was established, to date.
§ Mr. MonroThe information which relates to England only is as follows:
sq. ft. Total Factory Space Built 646,447 Estimated Total Number of Jobs 2,600