§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 31 March,Official Report, column 361, if he will state the number of persons employed in (a) sawmilling, planing and so on of wood, (b) manufacture of semi-finished wood products and further treatment and processing of wood and (c) pulp, paper and board, in Scotland, England and Wales, respectively.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested is in the table.
Employment Scotland England Wales Sawmilling, planing etc of wood 4,400 18,200 1— Manufacture of semi-finished wood products and further processing and treatment of wood 500 3,900 1— Pulp, paper and board 5,700 24,300 1— 1 Figures cannot be given without disclosing information relation to individual firms. Source: Annual Census of Production, 1985.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 31 March,Official Report, column 361 to what factors he attributes the difference between the figure quoted of 10,600 people employed in Scotland in the pulp, paper and timber industries in 1985, and that of 2,600 employed in the wood processing industries in Scotland, quoted by the Forestry Commission in its publication "Forestry Facts and Figures 1985–86".
§ Mr. LangThe figure of 10,600 is drawn from survey information obtained in the annual census of production and includes all employees in plants classified to the pulp, paper and timber industries in Scotland in 1985. The figure of 2,600, quoted by the Forestry Commission, is an estimate of those employees engaged in plants reliant on Scottish grown wood. Thus, for example, if paper mills in Scotland used imported raw materials or recycled waste paper in 1985, their employment is excluded from the Commission's figure, as is employment in plants which may have used a mix of home-grown and imported raw materials.