HC Deb 24 February 1960 vol 618 cc64-5W
Mr. McInnes

asked the Minister of Education if he will issue an up-to-date version of Table 4 of the White Paper on Technical Education, Command Paper No. 9703, giving full details of part-time day release, industry by industry, for the years ended May, 1958 and 1959.

Sir D. Eccles

The following table gives the information for 1958. This is

EDUCATIONAL YEAR 1957–58
STUDENTS "RELEASED" FROM INDUSTRY
Students, aged under 18 years, released by their employers to attend courses for part-rime education shown as a percentage of the estimated number, aged under 18 years, who are insured under the National Insurance Acts
England and Wales
Industry Boys Girls
(1) Estimated Numbers insured at end of May, 1957 (2) Number released by their Employers (3) Column (2) as a percentage of Column (1) (4) Estimated Numbers insured at end of May, 1957 (5) Numbers released by their Employers (6) Column (5) as a percentage of Column (4)
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing … … … 38,350 1,201 3.1 7,310 119 1.6
Mining and Quarrying … 31,430 20,032 63.7 1,490 116 7.8
Treatment of Non-metalliferous Mining Products other than Coal … … … … 10,000 1,020 10.3 6,660 246 3.7
Chemical and Allied Trades … 8,560 4,585 53.6 13,390 3,058 22.8
Metal Manufacture … … 15,140 7,524 49.7 5,030 969 19.3
Engineering, Shipbuilding and Electrical Goods … … 73,030 53,966 73.9 34,620 3,781 10.9
Vehicles … … … 47,330 17,878 37.8 14,440 1,113 7.7
Metal Goods not elsewhere specified … … … 17,620 2,603 14.8 13,610 592 4.3
Precision Instruments, Jewellery, etc. … … … 4,790 1,424 29.7 4,520 212 4.7
Textiles … … … 14,990 2,309 15.4 39,640 1,366 3.4
Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … … … … 2,000 88 4.4 2,160 25 1.2
Clothing … … … 11,800 1,862 15.8 57,280 1,872 3.3
Food, Drink and Tobacco … 21,630 2,629 12.2 33,110 2,573 7.8
Manufactures of Wood and Cork … … … … 17,050 2,082 12.2 5,320 39 0.7
Paper and Printing … … 19,820 7,275 36.7 24,930 427 1.7
Other Manufacturing Industries 5,960 1,610 27.0 9,870 951 9.6
Building and Contracting … 61,030 30,732 50.4 5,120 241 4.7
Gas, Electricity and Water Supply … … … 6,490 5,202 80.2 2,660 663 24.9
Transport and Communication 31,850 8,750 27.5 12,550 3,680 29.3
Distributive Trades … … 87,470 5,950 6.8 168,650 5,602 3.3
Insurance, Banking and Finance 7,520 106 1.4 24,500 310 1.3
Public Administration and Defence … … … 10,090 8,422 83.5 11,260 8,257 73.3
Professional Services … … 12,300 3,223 26.2 34,720 11,507 33.1
Miscellaneous Services … 21,570 1,407 6.5 52,160 2,917 5.6
Total … … … 578,000 191,889 33.2 585,000 50,636 8.7

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