§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 the numbers of individuals employed in Scotland in the (a) manufacturing and (b) service sectors.
§ Mr. Gregor MacKenzieThe full information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Estimates of employment in Scotland in the manufacturing and service sectors from 1959 to 1976, the latest available date, is given in the following table:
Thousands Year Manufacturing Services 1959 714.7 980.4 1960 733–7 988.5 1961 742.9 984.6 1962 730.5 1,020.3 1963 703.5 1,025.6 1964 717.6 1,039.3 1965 725.0 1,037.0 1966 726.0 1,044.0 1967 702.0 1,040.0 1968 699.0 1,039.0 1969 714.0 1,044.0 1970 708.0 1,049.0 1971 669.0 1,051.0 1972 643.0 1,069.0 1973 657.0 1,104.0 1974 676.0 1,125.0 1975 637.0 1,155.0 1976 608.0 1,209.0 Note: In 1964, changes were made in the method of compiling the estimates, and the figures for the years 1959 to 1964 are thus not strictly comparable with those for the later years.