HC Deb 25 October 1976 vol 918 cc9-10W
Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many departmental surveys, involving questionnaires sent to businesses, industry or members

STATISTICAL INQUIRIES BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE
Subject Frequency
Industries' sales … … … … Quarterly.
Census of production … … … … Annual
Mines and quarries … … … … Annual.
Wholesaling and dealing … … … … Annual.
Motor trades … … … … Annual.
Retail distribution … … … … Annual.
Property owning … … … … Annual.
Catering … … … … Annual.
Transport and entertainment … … … … Annual.
Film exhibition … … … … Annual.
Building materials … … … … Quarterly and monthly.
Miscellaneous production and order statistics … … … … Various.
Purchases of fuel by large users … … … … Quarterly.
Fuel stocks/consumption of large users … … … … Monthly or quarterly.
Expenditure on research and development … … … … Every two or three years.
Capital expenditure … … … … Quarterly.
Investment intentions … … … … 4 monthly.
Stocks … … … … Monthly or quarterly.
Export prospects … … … … Quarterly.
Wholesale prices … … … … Monthly or quarterly.
Overseas transactions … … … … Quarterly and annually.
Company liquidity … … … … Quarterly.
Share register survey … … … … One-off.
Insurance companies and private pension funds … … … … Annual and quarterly.
Retail sales, stocks, HP, TV rental and relay … … … … Monthly.
Finance houses and check trading … … … … Monthly and quarterly
Catering … … … … Monthly.
Motor trades … … … … Quarterly.
United Kingdom coasting inquiry … … … … Monthly.
United Kingdom passenger movements inquiry … … … … When ship docks.
Register proving forms. … … … …

of the public, his Department currently has in hand; how many civil servants are involved therewith; what is their estimated total cost; and if he will list them in the Official Report.

Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many departmental surveys, involving questionnaires sent to businesses, industry or members of the public, his Department has currently in hand; how many civil servants are involved therewith; what is their estimated total cost; and if he will list them in the Official Report.

Mr. Les Huckfield

I have been asked to reply also to the Question 49 addressed to the Secretary of State for Trade.

The Departments of Industry and Trade have in hand 31 statistical inquiries, which are listed in the following table. At 1st July 1976, there were 1,200 civil servants involved in collecting and processing the statistics. Their estimated annual total cost, including the cost of support services borne on the votes of other Departments, is £7.7 million.