HC Deb 26 November 1959 vol 614 cc54-6W
60. Mr. Thornton

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state in respect of each employment exchange area, or in wider areas to prevent individual businesses being recognisable, the number of firms which will be closed down and the numbers of spinning and doubling spindles and looms which will be scrapped under the provisions of the Cotton Industry Act, 1959.

Mr. Maudling

The following is the Answer:

COTTON INDUSTRY REORGANISATION SCHEMES
Spinning Section
Districts (a) Mills closing (b) Spindles in mills closing (d) Total spindles to be scrapped (d) Spindles idle at 24th April, 1959 (d)
Ashton-u-Lyne, Glossop 9 442,868 913,385 523,365
Blackburn, Burnley, Todmorden, Halifax 11 379,761 453,419 249,780
Bolton 27 1,925,876 2,767,404 1,807,546
Bury, Manchester 6 358,552 889,420 657,208
Chorley, Preston, Wigan, Lancaster 5 274,756 625,212 483,311
Leigh 7 413,978 1,133,356 911,474
Oldham 26 1,755,526 2,628,392 1,602,324
Rochdale 8 391,074 800,820 622,860
Royton 7 543,300 1,202,866 1,052,643
Stockport 5 382,113 800,653 659,149
Doubling Section
(c)
Ashton-u-Lyne, Glossop 6 19,058 61,800 80,673
Blackburn, Chorley, Preston, Accrington, Burnley, Clitheroe, Padiham, Todmorden, Skipton Hebden Bridge, Bradford 6 20,262 33,646 27,752
Bolton, Wigan, Leigh 5 33,662 43,294 56,580
Bury, Manchester, Stockport 8 68,356 122,680 121,992
Oldham 6 32,158 47,370 59,636
Rochdale, Haslingdon 4 23,454 35,282 36,570
Halifax 10 126,439 192,737 174,940
Weaving Section
Districts (a) Sheds closing (b) Looms in sheds closing Total looms to be scrapped Looms idle at 24th April, 1959
Accrington, Haslingdon 22 10,965 12,916 7,748
Ashton-u-Lyne, Glossop 6 1,636 2,644 2,241
Blackburn, Clithore 27 10,171 11,705 8,465
Bolton, Wigan 8 2,767 4,014 4,263
Burnley Padiham 29 16,299 19,688 14,155
Bury 14 2,782 3,792 4,110
Chorley 13 4,224 4,311 3,533
Colne 31 8,142 9,218 7,302
Darwen 6 2,137 2,991 891
Manchester, Stockport 7 928 2,238 2,758
Nelson 32 10,831 12,558 7,138
Oldham 6 1,091 1,441 1,166
Preston Lancaster 13 4,231 6,538 7,612
Rochdale Todmorden 8 2,729 3,639 2,347
Skipton 14 1,362 1,915 2,644
Hebden Bridge, Bradford 6 410 792 2,051

NOTES:—

  1. (a) Figures are given by Cotton Board districts and by mills or weaving sheds. Figures for several districts have been combined where necessary in order to avoid recognition of individual firms.
  2. (b) Does not include establishments already closed at 24th April, 1959.
  3. (c) Includes spindles normally engaged in doubling of sewing thread and of continuous filament rayon thread.
  4. (d) Mule equivalent.