§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers are employed in the major trades and industries in the employment exchange areas corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies of Uxbridge, Lincoln and Sutton and Cheam, respectively; and how many such workers are unemployed.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithEmployment estimates are not available for the Uxbridge, Sutton and Cheam areas but only for greater London as a whole.
The following table shows estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in the area covered by the Lincoln employment exchange at June, 1971, the latest date for which information is available:
Uxbridge Lincoln Sutton Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 5 96 2 Mining and Quarrying 2 14 — Food, Drink and Tobacco 10 149 11 Coal and Petroleum Products 2 1 4 Chemicals and Allied Industries 7 22 21 Metal Manufacture — 36 6 Mechanical Engineering 27 422 31 Instrument Engineering 1 2 7 Electrical Engineering 17 30 36 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering — 1 2 Vehicles 16 128 3 Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 14 46 31 Textiles 1 17 2 Leather, Leather Goods, and Fur 1 — 1 Clothing and Footwear — 7 4 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc 2 4 6 Timber, Furniture, etc 10 15 7 Paper, Printing and Publishing 14 16 47 Other Manufacturing Industries 4 40 38 Construction 25 363 94 Gas, Electricity and Water 13 34 14 Transport and Communication 35 102 59 Distributive Trades 34 222 96 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 22 46 96 Professional and Scientific Services 22 95 57 Miscellaneous Services 39 239 99 Public Administration and Defence 25 121 68 Not classified by Industry 36 489 82 Total, all Industries and Services 384 2,757 924