§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of employees engaged in the chemical industry in Scotland and in England and Wales, respectively; and if he will express the figures in percentage terms.
§ Mr. John FraserThe industrial detail in the quarterly statistics of employees in employment analysed by region gives estimates for the combined group comprising Coal and Petroleum Products, and Chemicals and Allied Industries, that is Orders IV and V of the Standard Industrial Classification. Provisional estimates for December 1975 are given in the following table:
Employees in employment (000's) Percentage of total for Great Britain Scotland 31.9 6.9 England 407.4 88.3 Wales 22.3 4.8 Great Britain 461.6 100.0 Separate information for chemical and allied industries is available for June 1974 and is as follows:
Employees in employment (000's) Percentage of total for Great Britain Scotland 27.9 6.5 England 387.5 89.7 Wales 16.7 3.9 Great Britain 432.1 100.0