§ 54. Mr. Ridleyasked the Minister of Labour why the Employees in Employment in Great Britain statistics for September 1967, issued by his Department on 1st November, 1967, does not disclose that there has been an increase of 2,000 in the number employed in gas, electricity and water since September 1966, and puts a blank instead.
§ Mr. HattersleyThe figures issued on 1st November compare the provisional estimates for September 1967 with the estimates for September 1966, as revised in February of this year and published in 35W the Ministry of Labour Gazette Table 103. For this industry group, the estimates are 426,200 for both September 1966 and September 1967. The first estimate for September 1966 issued a year ago was 424,200 and was revised subsequently to 426,200.