HC Deb 09 February 1977 vol 925 cc673-4W
Mr. Terry Walker

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were employed in aircraft and aero-engine manufacture in the Bristol area in each year, respectively, between 1966 and 1976.

Mr. Golding

This Department's statistics can be disclosed only in a form which ensures that information about individual undertakings cannot be identified. Consequently the figures below relate to the county of Avon rather than to the Bristol area. They relate to June in each year from 1966 to 1975, the latest date for which they are available.

EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT: COUNTY OF AVON Aerospace equipment manufacturing and repair (Minimum List Heading 383 of the Standard Industrial Classification)
(Thousands)
June each year:
1966 … … … … 24.9
1967 … … … … 26.0
1968 … … … … 26.2
1969 … … … … 25.2
1970 … … … … 26.9
1971*—
(a) … … … … 26.7
(b) … … … … 25.8
1972 … … … … 25.4
1973 … … … … 24.0
1974 … … … … 24.6
1975 … … … … 25.4
* Estimates for 1971(a) and earlier years are obtained from counts of national insurance cards. Estimates for 1971(b) and later years are obtained from the Censuses of Employment.