HC Deb 08 July 1968 vol 768 cc9-10W
61. Mr. Clifford Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will give an estimate of the number of people employed in the stock exchanges and finance houses in England and Wales; and how the number employed compares with the number of civil servants employed in the country.

Mr. Harold Walker

Stock exchange and finance house employees are classified to Minimum List Heading 860 of the Standard Industrial Classification which also covers banking, insurance and similar activities. Employment estimates are made for the whole of this Minimum List Heading but not separately for its constituent parts. At June, 1967, the estimated numbers of employees in employment in this Heading in England and Wales, and in Great Britain, were 603,000 and 648,000, respectively.

The corresponding number of non-industrial civil servants, excluding Post Office employees, in Great Britain was 455,000.