HC Deb 26 May 1970 vol 801 cc454-5W
Mr. Cordle

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity (1) how many staff are at present employed by the National Board for Prices and Incomes; and what are the similar figures for each year since the Board was established;

(2) what estimates her Department has made of the total operating costs of the National Board for Prices and Incomes since it was established.

Mr. Dell:

I am arranging for the required information to be obtained, and I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Mr. Cordle

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will list the reports published by the National Board for Prices and Incomes since it was established

Mr. Dell:

Reports up to Number 121 are listed in appendices to the board's four general reports, No. 19 (Cmnd. 3087), No. 40 (Cmnd. 3394), No. 77 (Cmnd. 3715) and No. 122 (Cmnd. 4130). The following are the reports published since No. 122:—

Report
No. Title
123 Productivity Agreements (Cmnd. 4136).
124 Coal Prices (Cmnd. 4149).
125 Pay of Staff in British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd. (Cmnd. 4168).
126 Smithfield Market (Cmnd. 4171).
127 Man-Made Fibres and Cotton Yarn Prices (Second Report) (Cmnd. 4180).
128 Pay of Ground Staff at Aerodromes (Cmnd. 4182).
129 Pay of Pilots employed by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (Cmnd. 4197).
130 Plasterboard Prices (Cmnd. 4184).
131 Pay of Certain Employees in the Film Processing Industry (Cmnd, 4185).
132 Salary Structures (Cmnd. 4178).
133 Portland Cement Prices (Cmnd. 4215).
134 Standing Reference on the Remuneration of Solicitors (First Report) (Cmnd. 4217).
135 Pay Structure within H.M. Stationery Office Presses and Bindaries (Cmnd. 4219).
136 Beer Prices (Cmnd. 4227).
137 Proposals by the British Railways Board for Fare Increases in the London Commuter Area (Cmnd. 4250).

TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS
Total registered unemployed
Lancaster Morecambe Lancaster and Morecambe *Percentage rate
March, 1970 … … … 983 760 1,743 4.0
March, 1969 … … … 656 608 1,264 2.9
March, 1968 … … … 694 667 1,361 3.1
March, 1967 … … … 670 698 1,368 3.2
March, 1966 … … … 453 521 974 2.2
March, 1965 … … … 487 593 1,080 2.5
March, 1964 … … … 441 594 1,035 2.3
* Percentage of rates can be calculated for the whole of the Lancaster and Morecambe travel-to-work area, but not separately for its constituent parts.