§ Mr. COOPERasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of employed persons whose net weekly output per head, according to the Report of the Census of Production, is 30s. or under; over 30s. and under £2; over £2 and under £3; and over £3, respectively; and if he can give any estimate of what proportion of the net output represents capital charges, profits, and salaries?
Mr. BUXTONReturns were made to the Census of Production Office in respect of establishments in which the average number employed in 1907, either as wage earners or as salaried persons, but not including outworkers, was 6,984,170. For the purpose of the classification desired by the hon. Member, it is necessary to820W omit those employed in Government and other establishments whose returns were on a cost basis, and thus not comparable with the returns on a profit basis. The remaining 6,478,794 were employed in trades in which the average net output per head in 1907 for the entire trade fell within the limits shown in the following statement, which correspond approximately to those specified in the question:
Average net Output per head in the Trade in 1907. Average Number Employed in the Trades. Under £78 1,619,016 £78 and under £104 2,197,032 £104 and under £156 2,237,237 £156 and over 425,509 As was stated on 25th March by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, in reply to a similar inquiry by the hon. Member for Nottingham, I am unable to supply the information asked for in the last part of the question.