§ Mr. Blakerasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the returns collected from business and industry under the Statistics of Trade Act with numbers of respondents.
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§ Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoodypursuant to her reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 24th April, 1970; Vol. 800, c. 187]gave the following information:
Sponsoring Department Brief description of inquiry Approximate average number of returns sent out Remarks 1.ANNUAL INQUIRIES Ministry of Agriculture, Feedingstuff production 350 Fisheries and Food. Purchases, sales and stocks of vegetable seeds. 380 Board of Trade Annual inquiries into the Distributive and Service Trades. 62,000 Film distribution and the film exhibition industry. 1,700 Census of Production for 1969 1,650 Last of old series. Census of Production for 1970 50,000 First of new series. Department of Employment and Productivity. Annual Census of Employment 1 to 1½ Starting in June, 1970. million Average salaries 20,000 To be discontinued after October, 1970. New earnings survey 200,000 Started April, 1970. Occupations in engineering and related industries. 3,500 Ministry of Public Building and Works. Employment and work done classified by types of work. 79,500 Employment classified by craft 78,000 Ministry of Technology Mineral oil refineries 20 Petroleum production and exploration. 60 2. SHORT-PERIOD INQUIRIES Ministry of Agriculture, Commitments to import or export 480 Fisheries and Food Production of oils, fats, etc. 360 Stocks of grain 220 Production of animal feedingstuffs 350 Returns of stock slaughtered 1,830 Bacon production and imports 230 Board of Trade Quarterly inquiries into sales 4,600 Currently five industries but will ultimately cover all production. Department of Employment and Productivity. L' returns 25,000 Sample inquiries into employment. Average earnings by occupation in certain industries. 6,000 Average wages and salaries 8,000 Ministry of Public Building and Works Total employment 6,800 Employment and value of work done classified by types of work. 16,500 Contracts and orders for new construction. 16,200 Production of sand and gravel 1,200 Production, delivery and stocks of building blocks. 280 Ministry of Technology Some short term inquiries (production, etc.). 1,650 Industrial consumption of solid and liquid fuel. 5,000 Solid fuel merchants (stocks) 5,400 Ministry of Transport Transport of goods by road 9,200 Continuous survey.