HC Deb 31 March 1981 vol 2 cc54-5W
Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many textile workers are currently unemployed in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Peter Morrison

At 12 February, the latest date for which an industrial analysis is available, the number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom who last worked in the textiles industries—order XIII of the standard industrial classification—was 61,774.

Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many textile workers are currently unemployed in the Rochdale county district.

Mr. Peter Morrison

At 12 February there were 2,478 people who last worked in the textiles industries registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Rochdale, Heywood, Littleborough and Middleton employment offices, which closely corresponds to the Rochdale metropolitan district.