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Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked 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. MacGregor
Estimates 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.