Cotton Spinning and Weaving

HC Deb 27 July 1976 vol 916 cc156-7W

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of workers employed in the United Kingdom cotton spinning and weaving industry in each of the years 1960 to 1976.

Mr. Golding

The following table shows the numbers of employees in employment in the United Kingdom in spinning and doubling on the cotton and flax systems and weaving of cotton, linen and man-made fibres, minimum list headings 412 and 413 of the Standard Industrial Classification:

	Thousands
June 1960	…	…	…	246
June 1961	…	…	…	237
June 1962	…	…	…	212
June 1963	…	…	…	200
June 1964	…	…	…	199
June 1965	…	…	…	195
June 1966	…	…	…	187
June 1967	…	…	…	164
June 1968	…	…	…	157
June 1969	…	…	…	157
June 1970	…	…	…	153
June 1971	…	…	…	139
June 1972	…	…	…	125
June 1973	…	…	…	123
June 1974	…	…	…	119
June 1975	…	…	…	107
May 1976	…	…	…	106*
* Provisional