§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list, industry by industry, the number of men and women, respectively, who have been
Industry (Standard Industrial Classification 1968) 1972 1973 Order Description Males Females Males Females I Agriculture … … 45 1 20 1 II Mining and quarrying Manufacturing: … … 88 — 54 — Manufacturing; III Food, drink, tobacco … … 16 — 5 — IV Coal and petroleum products … … 3 — 3 — V Chemicals … … 14 — 8 — VI Metal manufacture … … 45 1 35 — VII Mechanical engineering … … 26 1 11 — VIII Instrument engineering … … — — — — IX Electrical engineering … … 4 — 3 — X Shipbuilding etc. … … 24 — 12 — XI Vehicles … … 13 — 7 — XII Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … 7 — 5 1 XIII Textiles … … 6 — 2 1 XIV Leather, leather goods and fur … … 1 — — — XV Clothing and footwear … … 1 — 1 1 XVI Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … 22 — 10 — XVII Timber furniture, etc. … … 9 — 3 — XVIII Paper, printing and publishing … … 13 — 3 — XIX Other manufacturing industries … … 8 — 1 1 Total manufacturing industries … 212 2 109 4 XX Construction … … 190 — 108 — XXI Gas electricity and water … … 14 — 9 — XXII Transport and communication … … 269 1 N.A. N.A. XXIII Distributive trades … … 23 — 9 — XXV Professional and scientific services … … 1 — — — XXVI Miscellaneous services … … 12 — 11 1 XXVII Public administration … … 2 — — — — Offices (irrespective of industry) … … 2 — 2 — Total … … 858 4 N.A. N.A. Figures for 1973 extend up to 3th June and are provisional.