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Mr. Foster
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the amount of (a) office and (b) factory floor space constructed in the Northern region and Bishop Auckland constituency for each year since 1975.
Mr. Giles Shaw
Information for constituencies is not available. The following estimates, for the Northern region and for local authorities partly in the Bishop Auckland constituency, are based on hereditaments assessed by Inland Revenue valuation offices during the financial year.
Floor Space (thousand sq. metres)
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1975–76
| 1976–77
| 1977–78
| 1978–79
| 1979–80
| 1980–81
| 1981–82
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Commercial Offices
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| Northern region | 69·2 | 69·7 | 53·9 | 46·4 | 39·7 | 29·9 | 59·4 |
| Darlington | 5·0 | 1·2 | 1·3 | 1·7 | 1·2 | 1·5 | 5·9 |
| Sedgefield | 0·9 | 1·4 | 0·4 | 2·0 | 0·7 | 0·1 | — |
| Teesdale | 0·1 | — | — | — | — | 0·2 | 0·1 |
| Wear Valley | 0·2 | 0·5 | 1·0 | 0·5 | — | 0·2 | 0·1 |