§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give his best estimate, based on his Department's survey "The Role of Immigrants in the Labour Market", of the number of employees of New Commonwealth or Pakistani origin who are (a) working in central Government, (b) working in local government, (c) working in the nationalised industries, (d) working in other parts of the public sector, (e) working in the private sector, and (f) unemployed; and what proportion of the total workforce in each sector these numbers represent.
§ Mr. John Grant, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 19th April 1978], gave the following information:
My Department's report, The Role of Immigrants in the Labour Market, drew on a variety of sources. The numbers employed in different industries in Great Britain, who are of New Commonwealth or Pakistani origin, are taken from the 486W 1971 Census of Population and are as follows:
PERSONS OF NEW COMMONWEALTH OR PAKISTANI ORIGIN Numbers employed ('000) Percentage of total employed in relevant sector Public Sector 138 2.3 Central Government 66 1.1 Local Government 17 0.3 Nationalised Industries 40 0.7 Other Public Sector 15 0.2 Private Sector 384 2.2 The 1971 Census also showed that there were 40,000 unemployed persons of New Commonwealth or Pakistani origin; 3.1 per cent. of the total unemployed.