§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state, for each year from 1962 to the latest available figure for 1972, the numbers of people wholly employed in the following industries, namely, aerospace, coal mining, and British Rail.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in Great Britain in the aerospace, coal mining and railways industries (Minimum List Headings 383, 101 and 701, respectively, of the Standard Industrial Classification).
(Thousands) Aerospace Coalmining Railways June, 1962 285 644 437 June, 1963 262 617 411 June, 1964— (a) 260 590 390 (b) 261 591 391 June, 1965 251 559 362 June, 1966— (a) 247 513 330 (b) 241 513 330 June, 1967 247 488 312 June, 1968 242 428 292 June, 1969— (a) 239 383 263 (b) 238 383 262 June, 1970 228 359 257 June, 1971 213 348 260 Notes:
Estimates for June, 1964(b) and later dates are on a revised basis of calculation and are not strictly comparable with estimates for June, 1964(a) and earlier dates.
Between June, 1966 and June, 1967 the Industrial Classifications of many establishments were corrected. The estimates for June, 1966 are shown on both bases, that is (a) excluding and (b) including the effects of re-classifications.
The estimates for June, 1969(a) and earlier dates are classified according to the 1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification and are not strictly comparable with those from June, 1969(b) which were classified according to the 1968 edition.
Provisional monthly estimates are made for Index of Production industries (which include Aerospace) but estimates for other industries are available only for each mid-year and the latest are for June, 1971.