§ Mr. LEESasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the respective number of persons engaged and with the total output for each trade in the following industries: shipbuilding, engineering, cotton, wool textiles, building trades, and the iron and steel trades?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHIn the following statement, relating to the year 1924, the average numbers of persons employed in the industries specified are stated, together with the aggregates of the values of the output shown in the returns made to the Board of Trade at the Third Census of Production by the firms in those
Trade or Industry. Persons Employed (excluding outworkers.). Gross Output (Selling Value of the products of individual firms and value of work done). Net Output (Excess of Gross Output over cost of materials and amount paid for work given out). Operatives. Administrative, Technical and Clerical Staff. Total £'000 £'000 Iron and Steel (Blast Furnaces) 25,390 1,661 27,051 36,572 5,257 Iron and Steel (Smelting, Rolling and Founding). 206,981 19,335 226,316 153,183 45,566 * Engineering (including General and Electrical Engineering). 465,319 86,719 552,038 211,484 101,633 * Shipbuilding 172,455 16,735 189,190 69,561 31,588 Cotton 512,581 15,730 528,311 367,545 83,656 Woollen and Worsted 261,783 14,682 276,465 196,771 53,545 † Building and Contracting 458,947 55,406 514,353 193,494 96,517 * Particulars relating to marine engine works owned by shipbuilding firms are included in the figures given for the Shipbuilding trades, and not in those for the Engineering trades. † Work of construction, maintenance and repair carried out by employés of Local Authorities or by employes of firms in other trades in the maintenance and extension of plant or work is not included under this heading. Particulars of output covering the various trades have not been ascertained in respect of any year more recent than 1924.