HC Deb 07 December 1987 vol 124 c23W
26. Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what figures he has for the relative take-up rates between advance factories in development areas and those in areas without development status.

Mr. Peter Walker

8.5 per cent. of Welsh Development Agency and Mid-Wales Development factory floor space in the assisted areas was vacant and available for letting as at 31 October 1987, compared with 15 per cent. in the non-assisted areas. Separate figures for advance factory units alone are not readily available.

27. Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he proposes to allocate more advance factories in(a) Wales and (b) Clwyd.

Mr. Peter Walker

I announced in the House on 2 December that the Welsh Development Agency had been given approval to make an early start on a further package of schemes comprising advance factory units with a total floor space of 100,000 sq. ft., including some in Clwyd.

Speech therapists Occupational therapists Physiotherapists1
1979 1987 1979 1987 1979 1987
Clwyd 12.0 23.3 5.0 25.3 46.2 71.5
East Dyfed 7.1 13.3 6.3 9.9 38.0 35.2
Pembrokeshire 7.1 6.0 6.3 5.8 38.0 13.6
Gwent 10.5 14.9 17.4 46.8 41.6 82.1
Gwynedd 3.2 10.0 5.0 18.7 26.7 48.7
Mid Glamorgan 9.8 17.0 19.7 31.7 62.8 75.0
Powys 3.3 3.8 3.3 10.6 13.6 24.7
South Glamorgan 11.0 27.6 54.4 64.5 79.4 120.3
West Glamorgan 7.4 14.2 10.3 27.6 41.9 57.0
1 Includes remedial gymnasts.

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