HC Deb 14 July 1972 vol 840 cc469-70W
Miss Quennell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of the gainfully employed population of the Petersfield constituency he estimates is employed in horticulture and agriculture, and service industries supplying agriculture.

Sir K. Joseph

The latest information at present available is from the 1966 Sample Census. This shows that out of an estimated 40,020 persons enumerated in the area who were in employment, 3,710–9.2 per cent.—were employed in agriculture, horticulture or forestry. It is not possible to identfy within the industrial classification those service industries solely involved in supplying this sector of industry.