Employment (Northern Region)

HC Deb 19 March 1970 vol 798 c601

32. Mr. Fernyhough

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will publish a table showing the figures in employment in July 1964 and July 1969 in the coal mining industry, railways, public transport (buses), marine engineering and ship re-

ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN MINIMUM LIST HEADINGS OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 1958
	Coal mining	Railways	Road passenger transport	Marine engineering	(Thousands) Shipbuilding and ship repairing
	(MLH 101)	(MLH 701)	(MLH 702)	(MLH 370.2)	(MLH 370.1)
United Kingdom
June, 1964	…	591.3	392.8	270.3	60.0	155.9
June, 1966 (a)	…	512.7	330.8	267.5	51.7	162.3
(b)	…	512.7	330.9	270.3	50.8	162.9
June, 1968	…	427.5	293.1	265.8	41.8	155.6
Northern Region
June, 1964	…	119.0	22.1	19.4	10.3	32.9
June, 1966 (a)	…	100.7	19.3	19.0	8.5	34.3
(b)	…	100.7	19.3	19.0	8.4	34.4
June, 1968	…	78.3	14.5	18.6	5.1	32.5

Note: Between June, 1966 and June, 1967 the industrial classifications of many establishments were corrected. The estimates for June, 1966 are shown on both bases, that is (a) excluding and (b) including the effects of reclassifications.