§ Mr. John Fraserasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the present figures for persons in employment within the Brixton travel-to-work area and according to the main standard industrial classification groups, together with the figures for 1963 and 1968, if these are available without unreasonable public expense.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows an industrial analysis of the numbers of employees in employment at June 1972 in the area covered by the Brixton employment exchange :
(000's) Manufacturing industries 110 Construction 5.2 Gas, electricity and water 1.0 Transport and communication 4.1 Distributive trades 9.6 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 2.1 Professional and scientific services 16.2 Miscellaneous services, except private domestic service 10.5 Public administration and defence 6.3 Total, all industries and services 66.0 These figures are from the Census of Employment ; comparable information is not available for 1963 and 1968.