§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of employees of the National Coal Board, the Gas Council, the Electricity Council, British Rail and the British Steel Corporation at the latest month for which figures are available, and for the comparable months in 1971 and 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithMy Department's employment statistics are analysed by industry using Minimum List Headings342W of the Standard Industrial Classification. It is not my Department's practice to compile details for individual organisations. I would therefore refer my hon. Friend to the organisations' published reports which give information about the numbers employed.