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70.
Mr. H. Brooke
asked the Minister of Works the amount of new building
| Type of Work | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | |||||
| Current prices in £m. | |||||||||||
| 1. Factories and Warehouses | … | 70 | 75 | 102 | 113 | 118 | 111* | ||||
| 2. Electricity, Gas, Coal Mines, Transport and Communications (including work done by directly employed labour) | … | … | 43 | 53 | 66 | 73 | 90 | 105 | |||
| 3. Research | … | … | … | … | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | |
| TOTAL | … | … | … | 120 | 135 | 177 | 198 | 220 | 227 | ||
| Value of work done in £m. at 1949 prices … … | … | … | … | … | … | 120 | 135 | 176 | 173 | 173 | 177 |
| Notes: | |||||||||||
| 1. The figures for 1953 include an estimate for December, 1953. | |||||||||||
| 2. The second item includes the following:— | |||||||||||
| Electricity | Highways | Aviation | |||||||||
| Gas | Road Transport | Telecommunications | |||||||||
| Coal Mines | Ports and Harbours | Postal | |||||||||
| Canals | Railways | Wireless. | |||||||||
| The figures exclude work done below the free licensing limit. | |||||||||||
| * In January, 1953, the free limit for industrial work was raised from £1,000 to £2,000. | |||||||||||