HC Deb 10 May 1983 vol 42 c239W
Mr. Steen

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the total cost of the factories which have been built in Liverpool by the English Industrial Estates Corporation in each of the last three years; how many square feet they comprise; and how much is currently vacant.

Mr. MacGregor

[pursuant to his reply, 4 May 1983, c. 70.]: The information is not immediately available in the precise form sought, but the following may be helpful:

1. EIEC capital expenditure in the Liverpool travel-to-work area:
£
1980–81 2,126,000
1981–82 3,084,000
1982–83 1,268,000
TOTAL 6,478,000

2. EIEC factory completions in the Liverpool travel-to-work area:
Units Floorspace (Sq. ft.)
1980–81 15 65,144
1981–82A 26 109,104
1982–83 67 105,304
TOTAL 108 279,552

3. Premises completed as above but still available for letting at 31 March 1983:
Units Floorspace (Sq. ft.)
60 162,632