§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many people are employed in the United Kingdom by foreign-controlled enterprises in manufacturing industry; and what is the value of the process of production.
Mr. Alan Williams,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 6th December 1976; Vol. 922, c. 55], gave the following information:
The latest information available is from the 1971 census of production, from which it is estimated that overseas-controlled enterprises employed about 804,000 persons in United Kingdom manufacturing industry and that the value of their manufacturing gross output amounted to about £7,130 million. These estimates include an allowance for enterprises not making returns; they are based on figures for returns received, details of which were published in Table 15 of Business Monitor PA 1002 1971, Report on the Census of Production, Summary Tables, a copy of which is in the Library.