HC Deb 01 December 1982 vol 33 c183W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees in the wool textile industry there are at present; and how many there were in January 1982 and January 1981.

Mr. Alison

At September 1982 the provisional number of employees in employment in Great Britain in the woollen and worsted industry—minimum list heading 414 of the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification—was 51,200. The corresponding numbers at January 1982 and January 1981 were 54,800 and 57,700, respectively.