§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1946 the number of individuals employed in (a) manufacturing industries and (b) service industries.
§ Mr. GoldingInformation for the years 1948–77 is shown in the table below. Comprehensive employment estimates are available only from the introduction of national insurance cards in 1948. Owing to changes in the methods of making employment estimates, the series is not fully consistent over the period, where the main discontinuity occurs two figures are given. Details of the definitions and methods used to produce the figures are given in "British Labour Statistics, Historical Abstract 1886–1968"—Appendix B and footnote to page 242-and theDepartment of Employment Gazette for March 1975, pp. 193–196.
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EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES IN GREAT BRITAIN Thousands Mid-Year Manufacturing industries Service industries 1948 7,930 8,644 1949 8,098 8,639 1950 8,318 8,698 1951 8,540 8,698 1952 8,477 8,753 1953 8,547 8,787 1954 8,766 8,924 1955 9,017 8,993 1956 9,084 9,138 1957 9,078 9,247 1958 8,988 9,258 1959(A) 8,928 9,379 1959(B) 7,902 9,788 1960 8,241 9,965 1961 8,368 10,177 1962 8,291 10,477 1963 8,161 10,650 1964 8,285 10,846 1965 8,390 11,036 1966 8,408 11,220 1967 8,152 11,188 1968 8,072 11,243 1969 8,181 11,242 1970 8,164 11,292 1971 7,886 11,358 1972 7,613 11,637 1973 7,664 12,063 1974 7,705 12,214 1975 7,334 12,522 1976 7,099 12,601 1977* 7,205 12,672 * 1977 figures are provisional. Notes:
1. Her Majesty's Forces are excluded.
2. For the period 1948–1959(A): Manufacturing comprises Orders III-XVI and Services Orders XIX-XXIV of the Standard Industrial Classification (1948).
5. For the period 1959(B)-1977: Manufacturing comprises Orders II-XIX and Services Orders XXII-XXVII of the Standard Industrial Classification (1968).