§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in each of the following sectors of industry in December 1971, namely, electronics, shipbuilding and repairing, engineering, agriculture, building construction, mining, textiles, hotel and catering, railways, air transport, distributive trades, postal services, motor cars and car components, local government, and the Civil Service; and how these figures compare with each of the years 1960 to 1970, inclusive.
§ Mr. BryanEstimates of the numbers of employees in employment in Great Britain, analysed by industry, are available for each mid-year. In addition, provisional estimates are made monthly for Index of Production industries, but not for other industries, and the latest are for November 1971. The following table shows estimates for each June from 1960 to 1970, the latest date for which firm estimates are available, together with provisional estimates for certain industries for November 1971.
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Description of industry and Minimum List Heading or Order number of the 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification June, 1964(b) June, 1965 June, 1966(a) June, 1966(b) June, 1967 Agriculture and horticulture (MLH 001) … 485.5 444.4 425.7 424.0 392.8 Mining and quarrying (Order II) … 656.8 624.5 576.3 574.2 550.5 Engineering—Mechanical, electrical and instrument (Orders VII—IX) … 2,187.2 2,260.1 2,308.2 2,347.7 2,319.6 Electronics (included under engineering) (MLH's 364–367) … 291.7 287.8 300.2 310.6 316.7 Shipbuilding and ship repairing (MLH 370.1) … 147.8 152.4 153.1 153.7 152.3 Motor vehicle manufacturing (MLH's 380 and 381) … 480.8 495.8 497.5 499.8 469.5 Textiles (Order XIII) … 780.7 767.4 756.6 757.3 702.0 Construction (MLH 500) … 1,616.9 1,656.0 1,681.0 1,636.6 1,545.6 Railways (MLH 701) … 390.6 361.7 329.9 330.0 311.9 Air transport (MLH 707) … 47.0 53.0 55.2 53.7 59.2 Postal services and telecommunications (MLH 708) … 406.1 416.5 427.7 427.4 432.3 Distributive trades (Order XXIII) … 2,937.0 2,961.9 2,973.7 2,925.6 2,798.4 Hotels and catering (MLH's 884–888) … 611.1 611.6 608.8 607.4 582.0 National government service, including over-sea civil servants (MLH 901) but excluding H.M. Forces … 532.1 544.9 556.8 556.2 565.4 Local government service (MLH 906) … 753.6 758.0 789.3 788.1 825.2 Description of industry and Minimum List Heading or Order number of the 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification June, 1968 June, 1969(a) June, 1969(b) June, 1970 November 1971 (provisional) Agriculture and horticulture (MLH 001) … 377.0 357.2 355.8 335.8 — Mining and quarrying (Order II) … 485.9 441.1 442.2 415.0 406.3 Engineering—Mechanical, electrical and instrument (Orders VII—IX). … 2,281.0 2,318.6 2,233.6 2,253.3 2,096.4 Electronics (included under engineering) (MLH's 364–367) … 334.7 359.8 348.9 355.9 339.0 Shipbuilding and ship repairing (MLH 370.1) … 149.5 144.0 153.2 156.2 156.3 Motor vehicle manufacturing (MLH's 380 and 381) … 473.8 501.7 514.1 535.2 508.0 Textiles (Order XIII) … 689.8 704.2 696.2 667.6 596.1 Construction (MLH 500) … 1,505.8 1,443.0 1,445.8 1,321.8 1,243.0 Railways (MLH 701) … 291.6 263.0 262.1 257.2 — Air transport (MLH 707) … 63.5 66.5 66.6 72.5 — Postal services and telecommunications (MLH 708) … 438.8 441.3 440.2 465.3 — Distributive trades (Order XXIII) … 2,773.8 2,714.1 2,701.5 2,650.7 — Hotels and catering (MLH's 884–888) … 571.4 595.8 589.2 568.0 — National government service, including oversea civil servants (MLH 901) but excluding H.M. Forces … 584.0 566.2 557.9 548.5 — Local government service (MLH 906) … 818.2 816.6 820.1 842.4 — Notes: (1) Estimates for June, 1964(b) and later dates are on a revised basis of calculation and are not strictly comparable with the estimates for June, 1964(a) and earlier dates. (2) Between June, 1966 and June, 1967 the industrial classifications of many establishments were corrected. Estimates for June, 1966 are shown on both bases, that is (a) excluding and (b) including the effects of reclassification. (3) Estimates for June, 1969(b) and later dates are classified on the basis of the 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification. For June, 1969(a) and earlier dates, the 1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification was in use and the figures for these dates are for the industries which on the 1958 Standard Industrial Classification most nearly correspond with those for later dates. The extent to which the figures differ through changing from the 1958 to the 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification can be seen by comparing the (a) and (b) figures for June, 1969.