§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many Spanish, Portuguese and Moroccan citizens have ben granted work permits to work in the United Kingdom for each of the last 601W three years for which figures are available; and if he is able to categorise the employment which these people are undertaking.
WORK PERMITS ISSUED* 1972 1973 1974 Spain … … 5,883 4,205 3,407 Portugal … … 1,609 1,041 816 Morocco … … 195 178 259 * Figures include both work permits issued to overseas workers before coming to Britain and permissions given to overseas workers already in Britain.
CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYMENT (according to Standard Industrial Classification) 1972* 1973 1974 Spain Port. Mor. Spain Port. Mor.† Spain Port. Mor. Agriculture and Mining 91 2 95 1 7 Food … … 9 — 3 — 3 Coal products and chemicals … 6 2 10 4 — Metal manufacture, engineering and vehicles … … 209 31 19 35 8 19 9 1 Textiles, leather and clothing … … 3 — 3 4 1 Bricks, timber and other manufacturers … … 4 3 11 7 14 Construction, gas electricity and water supply … 23 6 16 15 1 Transport and communication … 29 9 37 8 — Distributive trades 33 15 2 25 4 18 3 3 Insurance, banking and finance … 2 2 44 7 1 Professional and scientific services (excluding nursing/domestic) 99 29 6 92 25 68 13 7 Nursing … … 87 14 6 78 20 97 19 34 Miscellaneous service and public administration (excluding entertainment, hotels and catering and domestic) … 37 11 2 17 14 19 6 3 Entertainment … 130 10 28 126 33 168 10 29 Hotels and catering 3,580 905 59 2,301 521 1,881 449 89 Domestic and hospital workers 1,708 594 73 1,364 392 918 261 66 Totals … … 5,883 1,609 195 4,205 1,041 178 3,407 816 259 * More detailed analysis was undertaken on the implementation in 1973 of the Immigration Act 1971. † For technical reasons, the analysis for Moroccan citizens for 1973 is not available.