§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were employed in the woollen textile industry in West Yorkshire in each year since 1964.
§ Mr. John FraserEmployment estimates for West Yorkshire are readily 491W available from 1971 onwards but not for earlier years. The following table shows the numbers of employees in employment in the woollen and worsted industry—Minimum List Heading 414 of the Standard Industrial Classification—for the Yorkshire and Humberside region from 1965, when the region was first formed, and for West Yorkshire from 1971, up to 1974, the most recent year for which figures are available.
(Thousands) June each year Yorkshire and Humberside Region West Yorkshire 1965 128.6 .. 1966(a)* 125. .. (b) 125.3 .. 1967 1158 .. 1968 108.1 .. 1969(a)† 107.7 .. (b) 109.7 .. 1970 99.2 .. 1971(a)‡ 84.1 .. (b) 78.5 77.7 1972 73.8 73.1 1973 73.0 72.3 1974§ 69.6 68.8 * Between June 1966 and June 1967 the industrial classification of many establishments were corrected. The estimates for June 1966 are shown on both bases, i.e. (a) excluding and (b) including the effects of reclassification. † For the years 1965 to 1969(a), industries were analysed according to the 1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification and the figures are not comparable with those for 1969(b) and later years which are analysed according to the 1968 edition. ‡ Estimates up to and including June 1971(a) are on a national insurance card count basis. Estimates thereafter are obtained from the annual Census of Employment. § Estimates for 1974 for the Yorkshire and Humberside region have been analysed according to the revised standard regions for statistical purposes effective from April 1974; therefore, they are not strictly comparable with estimates for previous years However, the boundary changes are unlikely to have had any significant effect on the regional figures for the Woollen and Worsted industry.