HC Deb 28 July 1949 vol 467 cc156-7W
38. Mr. Osborne

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the total numbers of non-industrial staff employed, and the salaries paid, in each of his Department's controls, together with estimates of the numbers of person employed in the industries with which each control is most directly concerned.

Title of Control or Directorate* Non-industrial staff in Control or Directorate at 1st July, 1949 Industries most directly concerned with Control‡
Number† Annual Salaries Name Estimated number employed
£'000
Dyestuffs Control 13½ 6.1 Part of Chemicals Industry 46,600
Fertilisers Directorate 53 21.7
Nitrogen Supplies Directorate 3.5
Sulphuric Acid Control 10½ 7.2
Directorate of Paint Materials 12 5.6 Paint and Varnish Industry 37,200
Leather Control 145½ 62.1 Leather (Tanning and Dressing) and Fellmongery trades 41,900
Directorate of Flax Disposals 39 14.4 Linen and Soft Hemp Trades (Great Britain and Northern Ireland); Rope, Twine and Net Trade 80,000
Directorate of Home Flax Production 96 43.2
Hemp Control 23 11.5
Hosiery Control 26½ 9.2 Hosiery and other knitted goods trades 115,500
Jute Control 74½ 32.7 Jute Industry 17,800
Narrow Fabrics Control 17½ 7.0 Narrow Fabrics Trade 22,100
Silk and Rayon Control 4.0 Rayon, Nylon, etc., Weaving and Silk trades 42,400
Wool Control 80½ 45.7 Woollen and Worsted Industry 212,000
Match Control 1 .8 Match Industry 3,200
Paper Control 206 81.3 Paper and Board Manufacture 75,700
Timber Control 1,224 593.0 Timber Trade 86,700
Mica Directorate 5.4 § §
Molasses and Industrial Alcohol Directorate 26½ 8.2 Part of Food Industry 1,000
Rubber Directorate 60½ 29.8 Rubber Industry 96,100
Notes:
* This list excludes several minor Controls exercised in the ordinary course of the Department's work and requiring no special staff.
† Excludes unpaid staff. Includes part-time workers, each of whom is counted as equivalent to one-half a full-time worker.
‡ The figures given are those for the industries most directly concerned with the Control. In most cases other industries are also affected by the Control, e.g., the activities of the Leather Control also-affect the Leather Goods and Boot and Shoe trades, while the activities of the Timber Control affect a large cross-section of the Industries of the Country.
§ No figure of employment is available. Mica is used by a wide variety of trades.