§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his latest estimate of the number of firms and employees covered by each wages council.
§ Mr. John GrantThe latest estimates relate to December 1975. The number of establishments is taken from lists held by the Wages Inspectorate; the estimate for the number of workers is derived from the numbers found to be employed in establishments visited by the Inspectorate 229W in recent years. The establishments in question do not form a representative sample for statistical purposes and the
Wages Council Approximate number of firms Approximate number of workers covered Aerated Waters (England and Wales … … … … … 629 18,000 Aerated Waters (Scotland) … … … … … … 96 1,500 Boot and Shoe Repairing … … … … … … 3,036 10,000 Button Manufacturing … … … … … … … 127 4,000 Coffin Furniture and Cerement-Making … … … … 38 600 Corset … … … … … … … … … 177 16,000 Cotton Waste Reclamation … … … … … … 39 750 Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales) … 7,137 125,000 Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland) … … 478 9,000 Flax and Hemp … … … … … … … … 26 2,500 Fur … … … … … … … … … … 677 7,000 General Waste Materials Reclamation … … … … … 2,296 20,000 Hairdressing Undertakings … … … … … … 33,743 135,000 Hat, Cap and Millinery (Great Britain) … … … … 344 7,500 Lace Finishing … … … … … … … … 65 1,000 Laundry … … … … … … … … … 1,325 65,000 Licensed Non-residential Establishment … … … … 60,265 350,000 Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant … 23,934 390,000 Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods … … … … … … … … 207 6,500 Made-up Textiles … … … … … … … … 345 5,500 Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower … … … … 42 750 Perambulator and Invalid Carriage … … … … … 43 3,000 Pin, Hook and Eye and Snap Fastener … … … … 8 750 Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring … … … 3,555 120,000 Retail Bespoke Tailoring (England and Wales) … … … 1,289 7,000 Retail Bespoke Tailoring (Scotland) … … … … … 131 500 Retail Bookselling and Stationery Trades … … … … 5,551 30,000 Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery Trade (England and Wales) 13,281 62,000 Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery Trade (Scotland) … … 2,175 9,000 Retail Drapery, Outfitting and Footwear Trades … … … 54,553 400,000 Retail Food Trades (England and Wales) … … … … 71,665 300,000 Retail food Trades (Scotland) … … … … … … 8,884 35,000 Retail Furnishing ad Allied Trades … … … … … 43,614 200,000 Retail Newsagency, Tobacco and Confectionery Trades (England and Wales) … … … … … … … … 27,116 85,000 Retail Newsagency, Tobacco and Confectionery Trades (Scotland) 3,872 13,000 Road Haulage … … … … … … … … 25,438 210,000 Rope, Twine and Net … … … … … … … 149 5,000 Rubber Proofed Garment Making Industry … … … … 46 1,000 Sack and Bag … … … … … … … … 156 2,500 Shirtmaking … … … … … … … … 667 25,000 Toy Manufacturing … … … … … … … 383 30,000 Unlicenced Place of Refreshment … … … … … 19,303 130,000 Wholesale Mantle and Costume … … … … … 1,672 64,000 Total … … … … … … … … 418,577 2,908,350 Councils abolished since December 1975: Industrial Staff Canteen Undertakings … … … … 28,790 218,000 Milk Distribution (Scotland) … … … … … 750 12,500