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Mrs. Bain
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what percentage of industrial development certificate applications for South-East England since the war have been successfully diverted to Scotland; how many jobs resulted; and how many of the projects are still in existence.
Mr. Gregor Mackenzie
It is not possible to measure the full effect of the IDC control by reference only to firms which, as a direct consequence of IDC applications, subsequently located their project in an assisted area. For an analysis of firms' reactions to IDC refusals in the period 1958–71 I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the Member for Dorset, South (Mr. King) on 8th April.—[Vol. 889, c. 402–3.]