HC Deb 08 May 1984 vol 59 c335W
Mrs. Ann Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been employed in the United Kingdom pharmaceutical industry in each of the years since 1974.

Mr. Alan Clark

The following table gives the estimated number of employees in employment in the pharmaceutical products industry in the United Kingdom. the figures for June 1974 to September 1981(a) relate to minimum list heading 272 of the 1968 standard industrial classification and those for September 1981 (b) to June 1983 relate to group 257 of the 1980 SIC. As there are differences in definition between the two classifications the two series are not entirely comparable.

Employees in Employment
(thousand)
June 1974 76.6
June 1975 76.2
June 1976 70.6
June 1977 72.7
June 1978 72.4
June 1978 75.1
June 1980 74.2
June 1981 73.3
September 1981 (a) 74.5
September 1981 (b) 82.1
June 1982 80.5
June 1983 80.0