§ Mr. Fosterasked 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.