§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons in the London area, listed by individual 263W local offices of his Department, signed on as unemployed persons in the clothing trade, at the latest available date, broken down by specific sub-trades, such as machinist, felling-hand and presser, etc.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that information for the separate local office areas of Greater London could be extracted only at disproportionate cost. At February 1977 the number of people registered as unemployed in Greater London who last worked in the clothing industries was 2,653. Figures for industries are not further analysed by occupation. Comprehensive occupational figures for March 1977 will not be ready for presentation before the recess. The latest available occupational data, therefore, relate to September 1976, and the following table shows for Greater London the numbers registered for employment in occupations most closely associated with the clothing industries:
Foremen, textiles materials working 33 Garment pressers 408 Bespoke tailors and tailoresses 188 Dressmakers 47 Clothing cutters and markers 277 Hand sewers and embroiderers 113 Sewing machinists (textiles materials) 784