§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many workers currently are employed in the United Kingdom textile and industries; and what is his Department's estimate of the value of their output per year and the value of their output that is exported.
§ Mr. David Mitchell[pursuant to his reply, 28 November 1980]: It is estimated that in September 1980 there were about 680,000 employees in the United Kingdom textiles and clothing industries, as defined in orders XIII and XV (less MLH 450) in the standard industrial classification (revised 1968). In 1979 it is 32W estimated that manufacturers' sales of textiles and clothing were about £8,850 million and exports were about £2,340 million.