HC Deb 16 July 1979 vol 970 cc405-6W
Mr. Michael Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are employed in (a) the steel industry, (b) the coal industry, (c) the gas corporation, (d) the electricity corporation and (e) the shipbuilding industry.

Mr. Jim Lester

Provisional estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in Great Britain, analysed according to the minimum list headings—MLH—of the standard industrial classification, are made monthly for the industries specified and the following table gives information for April 1979.

(thousands)
Iron and steel (MLH 311 and 312) 259.9
Coalmining (MLH 101) 286.8
Gas (MLH 601) 104.8
Electricity (MLH 602) 176.7
Shipbuilding and marine engineering (MLH 370) 168.4