HC Deb 07 December 1951 vol 494 c345W
Mr. F. Willey

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many people, men and women, were employed in the factories administered by the North Eastern Trading Estates Limited on 31st October, 1951.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

The number of persons employed in factories administered by the North Eastern Trading Estates Ltd., on 30th September, 1951, the latest date for which this information is available, was 16,530 men and boys, and 27,210 women and girls, making a total of 43,740.