HC Deb 21 November 1955 vol 546 cc87-8W
Mr. Padley

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many persons, men and women, were employed at the Bridgend Trading Estate in January, 1955, July, 1955, and on the latest convenient date.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

Figures of employment on the Trading Estates are now aggregated only for the end of February, May, August and November. For February and August, 1955, employment in the factories on the Bridgend Estate was:

— Men Women Total
End-February, 1955 2,690 2,714 5,404
End-August, 1955 2,623 2,451 5,074