§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many advance factories have been built in partnership areas with Government or local government financial help and at what cost; whether each such factory is now being fully utilised; what were the names of the companies concerned; and, in each case, whether the company was already operating in the partnership area prior to its move to the new advance factory.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe Department of Industry is responsible only for the provision of Government factories in the assisted areas of England. In the partnership areas of Liverpool and Newcastle-upon-Tyne/Gateshead, the English Industrial Estates Corporation has completed 22 factory units at an estimated construction cost of £1.3 million. None has yet been occupied.