HC Deb 05 March 1957 vol 566 c39W
97. Mr. Padley

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many persons, men and women were employed at the Bridgend Trading Estate in May, 1956, and at the latest available date.

Mr. Erroll

On a basis of computation since discontinued, employment in factories on the Bridgend Estate on 2nd June, 1956, was:

Men Women Total
2,775 2,349 5,124

Comparable figures are no longer available.

On the new basis of computation, employment by the larger firms at end-August, 1956, totalled 3,503 and at end-November, 1956, was:

Men Women Total
1,816 1,841 3,657