HC Deb 28 February 1952 vol 496 c189W
126. 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 January, 1952.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

The latest date for which official statistics are available is 5th January, 1952, when factories administered by the North Eastern Trading Estates Limited were employing 16,481 men and boys and 25,782 women and girls, making a total of 42,263.