§ Mr. O'Malleyasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the estimated size and structure of the labour force in the Rotherham employment exchange area in 1967 and 1972, respectively, in the light of recent revised population projections.
§ Mr. WhitelawIt is not practicable to make satisfactory estimates of the future size and structure of the working population in individual employment exchange areas. General assumptions and methods used in the national forecasts are not necessarily appropriate to a particular area.
§ Mr. O'Malleyasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of women and girls employed in clerical and secretarial work in the Rotherham 11W employment exchange area in 1961, 1962, and 1963, expressed in numbers per thousand of the total female population, and the number per thousand for the country as a whole.
§ Mr. WhitelawI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. O'Malleyasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of women and girls employed in clerical and secretarial work, the retail and distributive trades and in factory work in the Rotherham and district employment exchange area for each year since 1955; and what forecasts have been made of future labour requirements in each of these categories.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe following table shows the estimated number of female employees in employment in the manufacturing and the distributive industries. I regret that information is not available for clerical employment and I have no comprehensive information about future labour requirements in these categories.
— Female Employees (thousands) Manufacturing Industries Distributive Industries 1955 4.3 2.5 1956 4.4 2.5 1957 4.4 2.7 1958 4.3 2.8 1959 3.8 3.0 1960 3.9 3.1 1961 4.4 3.4 1962 4.4 3.5 NOTE: The figures for years before 1959 are not strictly comparable with those for later years because of changes in the Standard Industrial Classification.
§ Mr. O'Malleyasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of men and boys, respectively, employed in the coal industry in the Rotherham employment exchange area and in the County Borough of Rotherham, for each year since 1955; and what forecasts have been made of future labour requirements in that industry in the area.
§ Mr. WhitelawI understand from the National Coal Board that the numbers of men and boys employed in the coal industry in the Rotherham Employment Exchange area which includes the12W County Borough of Rotherham are as follows:
— Men Boys September, 1955 8,513 548 September, 1956 8,256 516 September, 1957 8,174 435 September, 1958 7,995 337 September, 1959 7,546 325 September, 1960 6,659 226 September, 1961 5,854 195 September, 1962 5,567 294 September, 1963 5,354 401 The Board considers that employment prospects are good.
§ Mr. O'Malleyasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of qualified scientific and engineering staff, as defined in Command Paper No. 2146, employed in the iron and steel industry in the Rotherham employment exchange area in 1956, 1959, 1962 and 1963; and if he will express these figures as a percentage of the total manpower employed in that industry in the area.
§ Mr. WhitelawI regret that the information is not available.
§ Mr. O'Malleyasked the Minister of Labour (1) if he will state the number of boys employed as craft apprentices, process workers, clerical and administrative workers and scientific workers, respectively, in the iron and steel industry in the Rotherham employment exchange area for each year since 1955; and what forecasts have been made of future requirements for each of those categories in that industry in the area;
(2) if he will state the number of men employed as process workers, craftsmen, clerical workers, administrative staff and scientific and engineering staff, respectively, in the iron and steel industry in the Rotherham employment exchange area for each year since 1955; and what forecasts have been made of future requirements for each of these categories in that industry in the area.
§ Mr. WhitelawI regret that an occupational analysis of employment in the iron and steel industry in this area is not available and I cannot give any forecast of future labour requirements.
§ Mr. O'Malleyasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of boys taken on as craft apprentices in 13W the iron and steel industry in the Rotherham employment exchange area for each year since 1955.
§ Mr. WhitelawLocal figures are not available for dates earlier than 1st July, 1961. Since then the numbers of boys entering employment as craft apprentices in the iron and steel industry in the Rotherham youth employment office area were 50 in the last six months of 1961, 79 in the year 1962 and 32 in 1963.
§ Mr. O'Malleyasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of men, boys, girls and women, respectively, employed in the iron and steel industry in the Rotherham employment exchange area for each year since 1955; and what forecasts have been made of future labour requirements in that industry in the area.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe following table shows the estimated number of male and female employees in employment. Separate figures for boys and girls are not available, and I cannot give any forecast of future labour requirements.
EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY IN THE ROTHERHAM EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREA (thousands) — Male Female Total 1955 14.6 1.1 15.7 1956 14.7 1.1 15.8 1957 15.0 1.1 16.1 1958 14.7 1.0 15.7 1959 15.1 1.1 16.2 1960 16.1 1.2 17.3 1961 16.7 1.2 17.9 1962 16.5 1.3 17.8 NOTE: The figures for years before 1959 are not strictly comparable with those for later years because of changes in the Standard Industrial Classification.