Censuses of Production and Distribution

HC Deb 15 November 1955 vol 546 c19W

Mr. Fort

asked the President of the Board of Trade his future plans for taking censuses of production and distribution.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

In order to take a sample survey of distribution in the form recommended by my Advisory Committee without increasing the staff engaged on census work, I propose to defer for a year the programme recommended by the Committee on the Censuses of Production and Distribution. This will mean taking a sample survey of distribution for 1957 instead of 1956, and a full Census of Production for 1958 instead of 1957; for 1957, a sample Census of Production will be taken.