HC Deb 16 June 1969 vol 785 c37W
Mr. Whitaker

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he now expects to be able to announce

ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND
(Thousands)
June, 1964 June, 1965 June, 1966(a) June, 1966(b) June, 1967 June, 1968
Manufacturing industries (Orders III to XVI of the 1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification) … … … … 720.7 742.5 740.4 756.4 731.5 728.3
Construction (Order XVII) … 183.6 188.1 194.0 185.6 184.9 185.5
Service industries (Orders XIX to XXIV) … … … … 1,041.9 1,043.9 1,042.0 1,034.8 1,029.1 1,027.2
Between June, 1966 and June 1967 the industrial classifications of many establishments were corrected. The estimates for June, 1966 are shown (a) excluding and (b) including the effects of reclassification.