§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report (a)the amount of industrial floor space owned or managed by English Estates on a region-by-region basis, indicating which region/regions enjoys special development area status and (b) the amount of industrial floor space currently unlet within the ownership of English Estates on a region-by-region basis.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI have been asked to reply.
The table gives the position at the end of March 1985. A revised table showing the position at the end of September is being prepared and I will arrange for a copy to be placed in the Library.
Industrial floorspace owned or managed by English Estates at 31 March 1985 (by Standard Region) Region Total stock units Sq. metres Total vacant units Sq. metres NE 1,542 1,166,763 419 214,329 NW 1,070 556,527 331 146,224 Y & H 626 164,408 231 42,926 EM 204 48,080 38 8,939 WM 176 38,416 33 6,464 SW 528 121,248 155 36,029 SE 146 21,390 30 3,395 Under current assisted area designations, introduced in November 1984, all regions now contain both development and intermediate areas as well as non-assisted areas, except that the south-east is entirely non-assisted and the west midlands contains only intermediate and non-assisted areas.