§ Mr. A. Royleasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the number of local government officials employed full- and part-time throughout the United Kingdom in July, 1965 and July, 1966.
§ Mr. MellishThe latest available figures are those for June, 1965, which are published in the Ministry of Labour
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Percentage shareholding Date of acquisition of shares Book value of holdings Shares £ Debenture £ Total £ £ £ £ Electricity Council* London Associated Electricity (Properties) Ltd. 100 All holdings vested in the British Electricity Authority in 1948 10,000 172,500 182,500 Central Electricity Generating Board† Lower Thames Land Development and Construction Co. Ltd. 100 100,000 — 100,000 West Devon Mining and Power Co. Ltd. 100 20,009 — 20,009 National Coal Board‡ J. H. Sankey & Son Ltd. 60 Feb. 1965 1,050,000 — 1,050,000 Whittlesea Central Brick Co. Ltd. 96 Feb. 1966 1,908,919 30,000 1,938,919 Barcross Ltd. — Nov. 1964 — 207,500 207,500 Benzole Producers Ltd. 2 Vesting 1 — 1 Brick Development Association 2 1964 — — — British Creosote Co 27 1955 3,277 — 3,277 Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation 50 1952 101 — 101 Coalpaint Ltd. 50 June 1965 1 269,190 269,191 Coal Services (Sheffield) Ltd. 50 Dec. 1965 50 2,500 2,550 Creosote Producers Association Ltd. 4 Vesting 1 — 1 Farmway Ltd. — Vesting 201 — 201 Omnia Concrete Sales Ltd. 50 Feb. 1966 1 2,500 2,501 Pitch Polymer Products Ltd. 50 Nov. 1964 500 14,000 14,500 Yorkshire Tar Corporation Ltd. 12 1954 1 — 1 Thomas Ness Ltd. 100 Dec. 1957 55,310 — 55,310 Gas Council Information in respect of the Gas Industry's holdings beyond that already published in the Boards' Accounts (Schedule 13) is not available centrally. I have asked the Chairman of the Gas Council to write to the hon. Member when it has been collected. NOTES: * The Electricity Council also has investments in certain quoted overseas and unquoted U.K. companies. The value of the holdings at 31st March 1966 appears in the books of the Council as £67,233 and £45,300 respectively. † The Central Electricity Generating Board also has two housing associations for the benefit of Board employees. ‡ In addition to the companies listed above the National Coal Board have investments in Housing Associations and a Hostels Corporation solely engaged in providing services for employees of the Board, and certain wholly-owned non-profit making subsidiaries formed in connection with the Board's business. In some cases in the table only part of the holding was acquired on the date shown; the remainder was taken up at later dates. Gazette for March, 1966. They show the number of local government employees of all grades (including police) in Great Britain to be 1,485,681 full-time and 539,045 part-time.