§ Mr. Joel Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Employment in the recent public expenditure proposals set out in Command Paper No. 4829, what is the estimated expenditure of his Department in Lancashire, including the county boroughs, for each of the years to 1975–76; how this compares with other regions; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BryanI regret the information is not available. My Department's estimates in Cmnd. 4829 were prepared on
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Description of industry and Minimum List Heading or Order number of the 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification June, 1960 June, 1961 June, 1962 June, 1963 June, 1964(a) Agriculture and horticulture (MLH 001) … 574.9 545.4 521.1 509.9 483.8 Mining and quarrying (Order II) … 766.0 733.4 711.0 682.4 655.2 Engineering—Mechanical, electrical and instrument (Orders VII—IX) … 2,029.2 2,120.5 2,155.6 2,125.1 2,181.5 Electronics (included under engineering) (MLH's 364–367) … 232.1 235.6 259.3 264.3 290.8 Shipbuilding and ship repairing (MLH 370.1) … 180.3 175.6 169.3 152.4 147.4 Motor vehicle manufacturing (MLH's 380 and 381) … 434.8 412.7 426.4 449.7 479.8 Textiles (Order XIII) … 840.9 835.6 796.9 776.4 776.6 Construction (MLH 500) … 1,422.7 1,477.5 1,512.2 1,540.4 1,614.1 Railways (MLH 701) … 446.0 445.3 437.1 411.2 389.9 Air transport (MLH 707) … 40.6 45.6 46.4 45.6 46.9 Postal services and telecommunications (MLH 708) … 368.0 380.5 395.8 399.6 405.7 Distributive trades (Order XXIII) … 2,773.6 2,800.7 2,870.4 2,903.5 2,924.6 Hotels and catering (MLH's 884–888) … 567.4 560.4 587.9 574.4 608.3 National government service, including oversea civil servants (MLH 901) but excluding H.M. Forces … 512.4 519.6 530.2 548.7 531.5 Local government service (MLH 906) … 739.2 752.6 771.5 802.0 751.6 a national basis and it is impracticable to break them down by counties.