asked the Minister of Transport if she will give the total numbers employed in the railway workshops, showing each workshop separately, on 1st January of each year since 1948 and the most recent 1966 figures available.

My right hon. Friend is told by the British Railways Board that the precise figures are not available on a year by year basis prior to 1964. Assessments of staff employed in the railway workshops for certain periods from 1948 to 1963, and the figures from 1964 onwards, are as follows: