HC Deb 25 February 1982 vol 18 c447W
Mr. Foster

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the total area of industrial floor space allocated for industrial or service trade occupancy by the English Industrial Estates Corporation in each of the travel-to-work areas in (a) Durham county and (b) the Northern region for each year since 1974.

Factory Space Let by the English Industrial Estates Corporation in the North-East Region from 1974–75 to 1981–82(to December 1981)
Travel-to-Work Area 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
Units M2 Units M2 Units M2 Units M2
Durham County:
Darlington/SW Durham 1 2,390 1 910
NW Durham 1 258 4 4,232 1 1,454 1 910
SE Durham
Central Durham 1 256
Total 2 2,648 4 4,232 2 2,364 2 1,166
Remainder of NE Region:
Alnwick 1 224 2 680
Berwick 1 192 1 1,452 2 1,575
Haltwhistle 1 1,373
Morpeth 1 1,353 3 2,740
South Tyne 6 6,158 4 2,582 5 5,073 11 8,936
North Tyne 5 8,893 1 2,241 3 7,037 2 2,908
Wearside 3 988 1 1,371 1 276 6 7,405
Hartlepool 1 5,085 5 8,320 1 940 2 1,711
Teesside 1 254 3 3,966 5 7,428 4 1,028
Loftus
Hexham 1 286
Total 20 24,520 15 19,932 16 21,040 32 26,983
G. Total NE Region 22 27,168 19 24,164 18 23,404 34 28,149

Travel-to-Work Area 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82*
Units M2 Units M2 Units M2 Units M2
Durham County:
Darlington/SW Durham 2 2,384 1 919 1 141
NW Durham 4 5,338 3 2,750 2 517 21 18,234
SE Durham 2 500 3 486
Central Durham 1 7,524 1 324 2 511
Total 7 15,246 4 3,074 7 2,447 25 18,861
Remainder of NE Region:
Alnwick 3 862 2 900 5 1,961 2 873
Berwick 1 270 4 4,471 2 212
Haltwhistle 1 450 2 1,822
Morpeth 6 11,055 2 2,011 2 7,100 6 6,736
South Tyne 13 3,898 23 15,274 22 4,557 20 5,338
North Tyne 7 6,208 16 8,142 10 10,013 8 6,736
Wearside 7 10,911 3 964 32 13,674 15 3,336
Hartlepool 9 4,486 6 2,873 4 10,702 5 7,419
Teesside 16 9,730 13 9,102 15 8,022 8 4,735
Loftus 1 912
Hexham 1 503 2 675
Total 62 47,653 69 41,123 95 60,950 68 37,207
G. Total NE Region 69 62,899 73 44,197 102 63,397 93 56,068

*To 31-12-81.