§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons are employed by the United Kingdom tent manufacturing industry directly and how many by fabric manufacturers supplying the industry; and what redundancies have occurred during the last 12 months.
§ Mr. Jim Lester,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 23 July 1979, Vol. 971, c. 48]. gave the following answer:
My Department's employment statistics are analysed according to the standard 147W industrial classification, which does not separately identify tent manufacturing or the manufacture of fabric for this industry.
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that information about redundancies notified as due to occur is collected on the same basis.