HC Deb 20 May 1969 vol 784 cc74-5W
Sir Ian Orr-Ewing

asked the Minister of Technology if he will give a list of those industries which he now sponsors.

Mr. J. P. W. Mallalieu

The industries sponsored by the Ministry of Technology are given below under the Standard Industrial Classification, Minimum List Headings:

Order V Chemicals and Allied Industries
279/3 Explosives and Fireworks (part).
Order VI Metal Manufacture
312 Steel Tubes (part).
313 Iron Castings (part).
321–3 Non-Ferrous Metals (part).
Order VII Mechanical Engineering
331 Agricultural Machinery (except Tractors).
332 Metal Working Machine Tools.
333 Pumps, Valves and Compressors.
334 Industrial Engines.
335 Textile Machinery and Accessories
336 Construction and Earth Moving Equipment.
337 Mechanical Handling Equipment.
338 Office Machinery.
339 Other Machinery.
341 Industrial including Process Plant and Steelwork.
342 Ordnance and Small Arms (part).
349 Other Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere specified.
Order VIII Instruments Engineering
351 Photographic and Document Copying.
352 Watches and Clocks.
353 Surgical Instruments and Appliances (part).
354 Scientific and Industrial Instruments and Systems.

Order IX Electrical Engineering
361 Electrical Machinery.
363 Telegraph and Telephone Apparatus and Equipment.
364 Radio and Electronic Components.
365 Broadcast, Receiving and Sound Reproduction Equipment (part).
366 Electronic Computers.
367 Radio, Radar and Electronic Capital Goods.
368 Electrical Appliances primarily for Domestic Use.
369 Other Electrical Goods.
Order X Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
370 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.
Order XI Vehicles
380 Wheeled Tractor Manufacturing.
381 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing.
382 Motorcycle, Tricycle and Pedal-Cycle Manufacturing.
383 Aerospace Equipment Manufacturing and Repairing.
384 Locomotives and Railway Track Equipment (part).
385 Railway Carriages, and Wagons and Trams (part).
Order XII Metal Goods not elsewhere specified
390 Engineers' Small Tools and Gauges.
391 Hand Tools and Implements.
392 Cutlery (part).
393 Bolts, Nuts, Screws, Rivets, etc.
394 Wire and Wire Manufactures (part).
395 Cans and Metal Boxes.
399 Metal Industries not elsewhere specified (part).