§ Mr. ALDENasked the President of the Board of Trade whether it has been found possible, in connection with the Census of Production, to state the numbers of persons employed in factories and workshops for each county separately?
Mr. BUXTONThe Returns for the year 1907 made to the Home Office by occupiers of factories and workshops have rendered it unnecessary to consider the question of the publication, in connection with the First Census of Production, of the aggregate numbers employed in each county. If my hon. Friend has in view separate figures for each principal industry, the provisions of the Census of Production Act, 1906, Section 6 (3) (aimed at preventing the publication of particulars identifiable as relating to individual businesses), would render it impossible, in many cases, for the Board of Trade to publish separate figures for each county.