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Mr. Foster
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the amount of (a) factory and (b) office floor space constructed in Wales for each year since 1975.
| Thousand sq. metres | ||||
| (a) Industrial | (b) Commercial Offices | |||
| Year | New | Increased by extension | New | Increased by extension |
| 1974–75 | 175·9 | 87·1 | 42·6 | 7·1 |
| 1975–76 | 161·3 | 139·4 | 67·6 | 6·5 |
| 1976–77 | 207·6 | 81·4 | 52·8 | 4·5 |
| 1977–78 | 104·9 | 115·5 | 37·6 | 8·2 |
| 1978–79 | 218·6 | 200·9 | 48·0 | 4·8 |
| 1979–80 | 204·5 | 148·2 | 21·2 | 7·4 |
| 1980–81 | 349·6 | 106·7 | 27·3 | 5·0 |
Note: These figures exclude certain elements on the ground of the type of establishment concerned. The most important industrial exclusions are of large scale plant such as steel mills, refineries, and so on. Office exclusions relate to untilities, transport, Coal Board and mineral working, local and central Government, hospitals, educational and leisure premises. A full list of exclusions is given in "Commercial and Industrial Floorspace Statistics for England 1978–81".