§ Dame Irene Wardasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total number of women in the industrial grades of Government employment, the main branches of work in which these women are engaged and the numbers in each of the main branches.
§ Mr. H. BrookeOn 1st April, 1956, there were 50,387 women employed in industrial grades by Government Departments, of whom 8,087 were part-time workers. No precise analysis is kept178W centrally in the form asked for by my hon. Friend, but the following is an approximate estimate, based on figures specially compiled in November, 1954.
Engineering and Shipbuilding 13,000 Chemical manufacture 6,000 Printing and bookbinding 900 Clothing 600 Catering, domestic, cleaning and portering 10,500 Agriculture and Forestry 1,000 Stores and Packing 2,500 Miscellaneous (motor drivers, messengers, gardeners, labourers, etc.) 16,000