§ Mr. William Hannanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will provide a table showing for England and Wales, industry by industry: (1) the total number of young people aged 15 to 18 years in each, (2) of these, the number of each industry on day 121W release and (3) what percentage column (2) is of column (1).
§ Mr. St. John-StevasInformation for England and Wales on the basis requested is published annually in
STUDENT RELEASED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS TO TAKE PART-TIME DAY COURSES AT GRANT-AIDED FURTHER EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES Number insured June 1971 Aged under 18 Number released by employers November 1971 Column (2) as a percentage of column (1) Aged 18 Number released by employers November 1971 (1) (2) (3) (4) Industry of employer Agriculture, forestry and fishing 18,857 6,328 33.6 1,679 Mining and quarrying 10,461 5,373 51.4 2,037 Manufacturing industries: Food, drink and tobacco 40,117 3,967 9.9 1,611 Coal and petroleum products 1,111 607 54.6 390 Chemical and allied industries 13,045 3,949 30.3 2,577 Metal manufacture 15,004 9,297 62.0 4,513 Mechanical engineering 41,794 26,241 62.8 13,465 Instrument engineering 6,063 1,397 23.0 854 Electrical engineering 31,131 13,489 43.3 7,111 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 5,568 3,682 66.1 1,641 Vehicles 20,697 10,554 51.0 5,206 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 30,785 4,813 15.6 2.192 Textiles 30,894 1,795 5.8 950 Leather, leather goods and fur 3,507 134 3.8 43 Clothing and footwear 47,881 1,671 3.5 395 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 11,130 1,630 14.6 790 Timber, furniture, etc 19,548 3,679 18.9 1,337 Paper, printing and publishing 27,306 5,407 19.8 3,201 Other manufacturing industries 14,822 1,977 13.3 1,227 Construction 52,997 23,298 440 10,320 Gas, electricity and water 8,075 6,110 75.7 3,347 Transport and communication 29,148 10,490 36.0 5,024 Distributive trades 280,475 8,801 3.1 3,111 Insurance, banking and finance and business services 43,473 1,446 3.3 1,138 Professional and scientific services 42,210 12,260 29.0 5,526 Miscellaneous services 110,215 32,837 29.8 10,290 Public administration and defence 19,777 17,800 90.0 7,967 Total 976,091 219,032 22.4 97,942 Columns (1) to (3) above show students aged under 18 at 31st December, enrolled as at 1st November, as a percentage of the estimated total number aged under 18 and insured under the National Insurance Acts at June. Figures for insured persons aged 18 in each industry are not available; column (4) therefore shows the number of released students aged 18 without corresponding percentages.