§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will consider increasing the capacity of places for community industry so that every local authority in the country can be allocated places.
§ Mr. John FraserThe establishment of community industry units is initially a matter for local authorities; and it is unlikely that all authorities would consider 821W it necessary or feasible to set up such units, since the scheme aims to help the limited group of young people who for personal or social reasons find it difficult to settle into regular employment. We shall review the possibility for making further provision when the additional 1,000 places recently authorised have been allocated.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many of the 50 additional community places allocated to the Liverpool area will be directed to Kirkby.
§ Mr. John FraserThe 50 places so far allocated are intended solely for the district of Liverpool. The needs of young people in the Knowsley district, which includes Kirkby, along with those arising in many other areas, are receiving urgent
'000 1960 1970 1974 Total employment(i)in agriculture … … 1,055 750 678 As a percentage of total civil employment(ii) … … 4.5% 3.1% 2.7% (i)Including farmers and family workers. (ii)Excluding H.M. Forces and unemployed. Comparable figures for 1950 are not available. The most closely corresponding international statistics are those published by OECD which do not relate to agriculture alone and these are set out below. The basis of the statistics varies between countries and between different years; the comparisons and trends shown should therefore be treated with reserve.
TOTAL NUMBERS OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE, HUNTING, FORESTRY AND FISHING AND AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT thousands 1950* 1960 1970 1973 Number % Number % Number % Number % West Germany … 5,020 24.7 3,623 14.0 2,406 9.0 1,954 7.5 France … 5,224 28.2 4,193 22.4 2,865 14.0 2,560 12.2 Italy … 6,803 39.9 6,567 32.8 3,683 19.6 3,192 17.4 Netherlands† … 533 14.3 465 11.5 329 7.2 309 6.8 Belgium … 368 11.1 299 8.7 181 4.8 150 3.9 Luxembourg … Not available 22 16.4 16 10.8 14 9.1 Denmark … 505 24.9 366 18.2 266 11.5 227 9.5 Irish Republic … 496 40.9 390 37.3 291 27.5 261 25.1 Japan … 16,070 40.8 13,400 30.2 8,860 17.4 7,012 13.4 Sweden … Not available 524‡ 14.4‡ 314 8.1 275 7.1 United States of America … 7,497 12.5 5,458 8.3 3,462 4.4 3,461 4.1 United Kingdom§║ … 1,262 5.6 1,005 4.1 692 2.8 735 3.0 * Irish Republic 1951, Japan 1953, France and Italy 1954, Denmark 1955. † Man years. ‡ 1961. § OECD estimates. ║ United Kingdom figures exclude hunting. Sources: OECD Manpower Statistics 1950–62; Labour Force Statistics 1960–71, and Economic Surveys 1975