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Mr. Gwynfor Evans
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons are employed in Wales in sawmills and in stone and slate quarries, respectively.
Mr. John Fraser
At June 1974, the latest date for which detailed figures are available, there were 2,900 employees in employment in timber (Minimum List Heading 471 of the Standard Industrial Classification), which includes the manufacture of woodwork for buildings as well as sawmills, and 2,900 in stone and slate quarrying and mining (MLH 102).
| Numbers employees | Total received by the employees | Cost to the Redundancy Fund | |||||
| £ | £ | ||||||
| 1971 | … | … | … | … | 370,306 | 108,273,000 | 57,107,000 |
| 1972 | … | … | … | … | 297,120 | 97,513,000 | 50,775,000 |
| 1973 | … | … | … | … | 176,919 | 66,573,000 | 34,519,000 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | … | 182,161 | 73,560,000 | 38,555,000 |
| 1975 | … | … | … | … | 340,215 | 178,284,000 | 94,131,000 |