HC Deb 27 November 1975 vol 901 cc322-5W
Mr. Tebbit

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will tabulate the numbers of persons employed together with the output and profit or loss (adjusted to 1975 values) of each of the State-controlled industries for which he is responsible for each year since they came into State ownership.

Mr. Benn

The figures requested are:

1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57
National Coal Board
Employees … … 709,700 707,400 701,800 698,700 697,400
Output (million tons) … … 224.8 223.5 223.6 221.6 222.0
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … −24.4 1.5 −10.2 −55.2 34.6
Electricity Council and Boards (England and Wales)
Employees … … 171,263 174,275 179,171 180,923 182,924
Output (GWh) … … 53,920 57,857 64,860 70,894 74,597
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … 22.0 39.2 54.9 34.4 31.6
British Gas Corporation
Employees … … 147,461 145,033 143,380 141,920 138,742
Output (million therms) … … 2,524 2,513 2,636 2,649 2,607
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … 14.5 4.4 7.6 2.3 10.3
1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62
National Coal Board
Employees … … 703,800 692,700 658,200 602,100 570,500
Output (million tons) … … 223.6 215.8 206.1 193.6 190.5
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … −13.9 −8.9 −60.8 −53.4 −36.6
Electricity Council and Boards (England and Wales)
Employees … … 185,468 187,658 188,613 193,165 199,153
Output (GWh) … … 81,303 86,233 94,488 104,741 114,790
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … 42.1 69.5 67.6 40.8 65.6
British Gas Corporation
Employees … … 136,379 132,576 126,970 124,443 123,398
Output (million therms) … … 2,651 2,605 2,591 2,665 2,736
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … 7.3 −3.8 −6.1 5.0 8.0
1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67
National Coal Board
Employees … … 550,900 517,000 491,000 455,700 419,400
Output (million tons) … … 197.4 195.2 192.5 182.8 173.0
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … 3.3 0.2 1.1 −52.8 0.6
Electricity Council and Boards (England and Wales)
Employees … … 205,920 210,403 216,191 226,640 228,520
Output (GWh) … … 127,732 132,091 141,022 148,820 152,772
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … 99.7 162.1 142.8 180.3 42.2
British Gas Corporation
Employees … … 125,126 123,119 121,288 121,726 124,288
Output (million therms) … … 2,924 2,979 3,189 3,502 3,774
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … 11.5 22.1 33.9 23.6 8.0
1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72
National Coal Board
Employees … … 391,900 336,300 305,100 287,200 281,500
Output (million tons) … … 170.9 160.6 147.4 142.4 120.4
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … 0.8 −17.0 −47.2 0.9 −243.9
Electricity Council and Boards (England and Wales)
Employees … … 221,348 208,227 196,962 188,235 177,537
Output (GWh) … … 162,693 173,418 180,719 186,158 190,525
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … 109.7 191.8 116.7 −94.9 −36.2
British Gas Corporation
Employees … … 122,784 120,240 119,475 116,271 110,695
Output (million therms) … … 4,222 4,690 5,267 6,167 8,040
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … −25.7 33.4 24.8 3.4 23.5
1972–73 1973–74 1974–75
National Coal Board
Employees … … 268,000 252,000 246,000
Output (million tons) … … 138.3 107.1 125.2
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … −121.3 −193.8 −4.5
Electricity Council and Boards (England and Wales)
Employees … … 173,239 171,224 172,483
Output (GWh) … … 204,497 201,763 210,948
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … 2.9 −234.4 −295.1
British Gas Corporation
Employees … … 105,670 102,091 103,053
Output (million therms) … … 10,237 11,570 13,019
Surplus/Deficit (£ million) … … 8.1 −55.2 −48.5

NOTES TO TABLE:

  1. (a) The statistics shown are by financial years ending in March, except in the case of the National Coal Board which up to 1963 used calendar years.
  2. (b) The surplus/deficit figures are at March 1975 prices. They are before Government grants to meet deficits on revenue account or in respect of price restraint, but after grants for specific purposes, interest and taxation. The index used for conversion to 1975 prices is based on changes in the internal purchasing power of the pound.
  3. (c) The output figures for the Electricity Council and boards do not include purchases from outside sources.
  4. (d) The numbers of employees and the surplus/deficit figures for electricity and gas take into account the industries' contracting and sales of appliances business.
  5. (e) National Coal Board employment figures give colliery manpower.

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