§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many firms in manufacturing industry employ 10 or more workers; and what is the distribution between sectors.
§ Mr. MacGregorEstimates for establishments employing 11 or more—which are the basic reporting units used for the annual census of production—are shown in the following table. Corresponding estimates for establishments employing 10 or more could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Order; Standard Industrial Classification (Revised 1968) Number of establishments employing 11 or more III—Food, drink and tobacco 3,718 IV—Coal and petroleum products 137 V—Chemicals and allied industries 1,605 VI—Metal manufacture 1,829 VII—Mechanical engineering 7,280 VIII—Instrument engineering 1,120 IX—Electrical engineering 2,472 X—Shipbuilding and marine engineering 563 XI—Vehicles 1,548 XII—Metal goods not elsewhere specified 6,221 XIII—Textiles 3,101 XIV—Leather, leather goods and fur 661 XV—Clothing and footwear 3,870 XVI—Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 1,653 XVII—Timber, furniture, etc. 3,975 XVIII—Paper, printing and publishing 5,099 XIX—Other manufacturing industries 2,758 All manufacturing 47,610 Source: Business Statistics Office.