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Mr. Campbell-Savours
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the total area of industrial floor space allocated for industrial or service trade occupancy by the English Industrial Estates Corporation in each of the travel-to-work areas in (a) Cumbria, (b) the Northern region and (c) the North-West region in the last month for which statistics are available.
Mr. MacGregor
During the month of February 1982 the English Industrial Estates Corporation allocated the floorspace indicated below, subject to contract:
| Square metres | Units | |
| (a) Cumbria: | ||
| Workington | 47 | 1 |
| Whitehaven | 258 | 1 |
| Total Cumbria | 305 | 2 |
| (b) North-East Region | ||
| North Tyne | 526 | 1 |
| South Tyne | 4,097 | 5 |
| Wearside | 162 | 1 |
| Hartlepool | 2,495 | 1 |
| North West Durham | 1,021 | 5 |
| Darlington and South West Durham | 449 | 1 |
| Morpeth | 1,287 | 1 |
| Loftus | 534 | 1 |
| Total North East Region | 10,571 | 16 |
| (c) North-West Region (excluding Cumbria): | ||
| Liverpool | 511 | 2 |
| Birkenhead | 144 | 3 |
| Total North-West Region (excluding Cumbria) | 655 | 5 |