§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people there are employed in television and radio broadcasting in the United Kingdom; and how many of these are employed directly or indirectly by the BBC.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe latest reliable information is from the 1991 census of employment. The most detailed data available covers radio and television services and theatres—code 9741 from the 1980 standard industrial classification. In September 1991, there were 75,800 jobs in this activity in the United Kingdom.
The Statistics of Trade Act 1947 prohibits the disclosure of information about individual employers. I cannot, therefore provide the information requested about the BBC.