§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers are at present employed in the brickmaking industry; and what were the figures for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows provisional estimates for October 1974 and June 1974 and the final midyear figures for earlier years.
Estimated number of employees in employment in bricks, fireclay and refractory goods in Great Britain. June 1970 58,000 June 1971 (a) 54,200 (b) 49,000 June 1972 48,400 June 1973 48,400 June 1974 (provisional) 46,300 October 1974 (provisional) 42,600 For June 1971 (a) and June 1970 the estimates are based on counts of national insurance cards. The figures from June 1971 (b) are from the annual census of employment.