§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1974 (a) the index of industrial production for all industries, (b) the annual increase or decrease in the index of industrial production for all industries,
INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION All industries Manufacturing industries 1975=100 Percentage change 1975=100 Percentage change 1974 … … … … 105.1 106.5 1975 … … … … 100.0 -4.9 100.0 -6.1 1976 … … … … 102.0 +2.0 101.4 +1.4 1977 … … … … 105.8 +3.7 102.8 +1.4 1978 … … … … 109.7 +3.7 103.6 +0.8
§ Mr. Kenneth Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many employees of the Post Office are employed in the postal service; and how many
Letters (m) Parcels (m) Mails operations staff ('000) full-time equivalents Total postal business employees (full-time equivalents) '000s 1950–51 … … … 8,500 233 109.6 n.a. 1954–55 … … … 9,500 243 109.9 n.a. 1959–60 … … … 10,200 235 114.5 n.a. 1964–65 … … … 11,200 216 121.9 n.a. 1969–70 … … … 11,400 208 126.1 172.9 1970–71 … … … 10,500 181 125.5 173.1 1971–72 … … … 10,550 189 124.7 173.5 1972–73 … … … 10,790 194 123.7 172.6 1973–74 … … … 11,010 195 121.4 170.1 1974–75 … … … 10,878 201 127.1 177.6 1975–76 … … … 9,903 170 124.4 174.3 1976–77 … … … 9,383 163 122.2 171.0 1977–78 … … … 9,485 160 119.8 168.3 1978–79* … … … 9,965 172 122.5 172.1 Notes: (1) The information could not be provided for all years except at disproportionate cost. (2) Figures for total postal business employees are not available for years prior to the establishment of the Post Office Corporation in 1969. * Provisional figures only.