HC Deb 18 March 1958 vol 584 c115W
Mr. Chetwynd

asked the President of the Board of Trade the total of men and women employed in factories controlled by the North Eastern Industrial Estates Company at 1st March, 1958, 1st March, 1957, and 1st March, 1956.

Sir D. Eccles

Information on employment in these factories for 1958 is at present available only for the end of January, 1958. Employment figures at that date and at the end of January and February, 1956, and 1957 were:

Male Female Total
End January, 1956 21,869 30,544 52,413
End February, 1956 21,704 29,490 51,194
End January, 1957 22,956 30,177 53,133
End February, 1957 22,239 29,233 51,472
End January, 1958 23,394 30,630 54,024