HC Deb 21 June 1976 vol 913 cc368-9W
Mr. George Rodgers

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many persons, according to the latest available statistics, are employed under minimum list headings 364 and 367 of the standard industrial classification in each of the following areas: Essex, Berkshire, Greater London, Hampshire, Harrow, Willesden and Wembley;

(2) how many persons, according to the latest available statistics, are employed under minimum list heading 370 of the standard industrial classification in each of the following areas: Tyne and Wear, the Northern Region excluding Tyne and Wear, the North Western Region, the South Eastern Region (excluding Greater London), Fife and Strathclyde;

(3) how many persons, according to the latest available statistics, are employed under minimum list heading 383 of the standard industrial classification in each of the following areas: Hertfordshire; Lancashire; Kingston, Feltham, Staines, Hounslow, Richmond, BrentfordChiswick, Esher, Epsom and Weybridge.

Mr. Golding

The latest information relates to June 1974 and is given below. When information is available from the 1975 census of employment I will arrange for it to be circulated in theOfficial Report.

EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT: JUNE 1974
MHL 364 Radio and Electronic Components
Essex 8,200
Berkshire 1,500
Greater London 23,900
Hampshire 10,600
Harrow, Willesden, Wembley 1,300
MLH 367 Radio, Radar and Electronic Capital Goods
Essex 9,700
Berkshire 5,500
Greater London 23,600
Hampshire 3,100
Harrow, Willesden, Wembley 2,000
MLH 370 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Tyne and Wear 30,500
Rest of Northern Region 17,800
North Western Region 10,000
South East Region excluding Greater London 34,900
Fife 7,200
Strathclyde 29,900
MLH 383 Aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing
Hertfordshire 18,100
Lancashire 19,000
Kingston, Feltham, Staines. Hounslow Richmond 10,800
Brentford/Chiswick, Esher, Epsom, Weybridge