Clothing and Textile Industries

HC Deb 04 December 1985 vol 88 cc233-41W

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Prime Minister what information she has as to how the number of people employed in the clothing and textile industries compares with the numbers employed in the motor manufacturing industry and the coal mining industry both in the United Kingdom and throughout the European Economic Community.

Employees in employment by sex and NACE class
1,000
	West Germany	France	Italy	Netherlands	Belgium	Luxembourg	United kingdom	Ireland	Denmark	EUR 9
TEXTILE INDUSTRY—NACE 43
Total
1974	425.9	387.5	549.0	59.8	106.0	†	527.3	20.5	18.5	2,094.5
1975	396.7	365.3	554.3	55.5	96.6	†	485.6	16.7	14.5	1,985.2
1976	368.9	343.2	482.1	46.4	90.8	†	458.2	18.1	15.6	1,823.3
1977	359.6	333.3	490.3	44.0	84.2	†	460.5	18.9	16.9	1,807.7
1978	348.5	318.5	477.9	39.2	75.6	†	444.9	18.5	15.5	1,738.6
1979	338.9	301.5	480.8	34.6	69.4	†	399.0	18.5	15.0	1,657.7
1980	335.8	292.1	475.5	32.9	67.6	†	358.0	18.1	15.1	1,595.1
1981	319.0	273.3	479.6	29.2	65.0	†	299.0	15.8	13.9	1,494.8
1982	290.1	259.1	476.5	26.4	*61.8	†	277.0	14.7	13.9	*1,419.5
1983	268.7	251.5	463.0	22.7	—	†	253.0	11.9	14.1	*1,346.7
Males
1974	194.8	171.4	151.2	43.0	59.1	†	281.6	—	7.9	*920.7
1975	183.1	161.1	164.3	40.7	54.0	†	261.4	—	6.2	*880.3
1976	170.7	153.1	187.7	35.2	50.4	†	248.8	—	6.7	*862.9
1977	165.7	147.8	192.9	33.2	46.8	†	249.8	—	7.3	*854.5
1978	160.6	140.8	—	29.9	41.4	†	240.2	—	6.8	*818.1
1979	156.7	133.3	—	26.1	38.6	†	209.0	—	6.3	*769.5
1980	153.7	129.1	—	24.4	38.0	†	185.0	—	6.2	*722.8
1981	145.6	121.7	—	21.6	36.7	†	154.0	—	6.0	*673.3
1982	132.9	115.4	—	19.4	*35.2	†	141.0	—	5.8	*635.8
1983	125.1	112.3	—	16.6	—	†	130.0	—	6.0	*604.5
Females
1974	231.1	216.0	397.8	16.8	46.9	†	245.7	—	10.6	*1,173.7
1975	213.5	204.2	389.8	14.8	42.6	†	224.2	—	8.3	*1,104.6
1976	198.2	190.1	294.3	11.2	40.4	†	209.4	—	8.9	*960.3
1977	193.9	185.5	297.4	10.5	37.4	†	210.7	—	9.6	*953.2
1978	187.9	177.8	—	9.3	34.2	†	204.7	—	8.7	*920.6
1979	182.2	168.2	—	8.5	30.8	†	189.0	—	8.6	*887.1
1980	182.0	163.0	—	8.4	29.6	†	173.0	—	8.9	*872.1
1981	173.4	151.7	—	7.6	28.3	†	145.0	—	7.9	*821.6
1982	157.2	143.6	—	7.0	*26.6	†	135.0	—	8.1	*782.6
1983	143.6	139.3	—	6.2	—	†	124.0	—	8.1	*743.2
LEATHER AND LEATHER GOODS INDUSTRY—NACE 44 (EXCEPT FOOTWEAR AND CLOTHING)
Total
1974	50.6	45.2	64.9	5.7	6.0	—	38.4	2.2	2.2	215.3
1975	48.1	43.7	66.0	4.9	5.4	—	37.7	2.1	2.1	210.0
1976	48.3	42.3	79.2	4.3	5.2	—	36.3	2.0	1.9	219.5
1977	46.6	41.0	80.6	4.3	4.6	—	37.2	2.0	2.1	218.4
1978	44.9	40.4	79.3	4.0	4.1	—	35.9	1.9	2.0	212.5
1979	44.7	37.9	78.9	3.5	3.7	—	35.0	1.7	2.1	207.5
1980	43.8	37.2	77.5	3.5	3.3	—	34.0	1.6	2.1	203.0
1981	39.7	34.8	77.8	3.2	3.1	—	29.0	1.4	1.6	190.6
1982	38.4	34.3	76.6	3.0	*2.9	—	27.0	1.1	1.4	*184.7
1983	35.9	32.6	76.8	2.7	—	—	25.0	1.1	1.4	*178.4
Males
1974	19.6	21.6	18.7	3.7	3.5	—	21.6	—	1.1	*91.5
1975	18.7	21.4	19.6	3.2	3.2	—	21.1	—	1.0	*89.8
1976	18.9	20.4	38.1	2.8	3.0	—	20.7	—	0.9	*106.3
1977	18.0	19.3	37.5	2.7	2.7	—	21.2	—	0.8	*103.7
1978	17.4	18.8	—	2.7	2.4	—	20.1	—	0.8	*100.5
1979	17.3	17.2	—	2.3	2.0	—	19.0	—	0.8	*96.7

The Prime Minister

The latest available data for most countries relate to 1983 and are given in "Employment and Unemployment 1985", published by the Statistical Office of the European Communities, a copy of which is in the Library. the relevant information for the textile industry is on page 146, for the clothing and footwear industry on page 147, for manufacture of motor vehicles and so on on page 143, and for extraction and briquetting of solid fuels and coke ovens (the closest available approximation to the coal mining industry) on page 134.

	West Germany	France	Italy	Netherlands	Belgium	Luxembourg	United Kingdom	Ireland	Denmark	EUR 9
1980	16.6	16.8	—	2.2	1.8	—	18.0	—	0.8	*91.7
1981	15.5	15.5	—	2.1	1.7	—	16.0	—	0.7	*87.0
1982	15.1	15.4	—	1.9	*1.5	—	15.0	—	0.5	*84.1
1983	14.3	14.7	—	1.8	—	—	15.0	—	0.6	*82.7
Females
1974	31.0	23.6	46.2	2.0	2.6	—	16.8	—	1.1	*123.8
1975	29.4	22.3	46.4	1.7	2.2	—	16.6	—	1.1	*120.2
1976	29.4	21.9	41.1	1.5	2.2	—	15.6	—	1.0	*113.2
1977	28.6	21.7	43.0	1.6	1.9	—	16.0	—	1.3	*114.6
1978	27.4	21.6	—	1.3	1.7	—	15.8	—	1.3	*112.0
1979	27.4	20.8	—	1.3	1.7	—	16.0	—	1.3	*111.0
1980	27.2	20.4	—	1.3	1.5	—	15.0	—	1.2	*110.2
1981	24.3	19.3	—	1.1	1.4	—	13.0	—	0.9	*103.7
1982	23.3	18.9	—	1.1	*1.4	—	12.0	—	0.8	*100.5
1983	21.7	17.9	—	0.9	—	—	10.0	—	0.8	*95.8
† included in NACE 45.
FOOTWEAR AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY—NACE 45
Total
1974	409.7	415.4	501.7	51.7	92.7	1.0	480.8	23.0	23.0	1,999.0
1975	395.8	367.3	517.6	42.4	86.5	1.0	459.8	21.1	18.9	1.990.4
1976	379.8	348.9	555.9	39.4	76.3	1.0	431.1	19.3	21.6	1,873.3
1977	370.5	345.1	565.3	35.5	68.6	1.0	434.8	19.6	25.3	1,865.7
1978	361.2	330.5	555.4	33.2	61.3	0.9	427.0	19.3	23.5	1,812.3
1979	361.2	324.1	547.3	32.0	56.4	0.9	418.0	19.8	22.8	1,782.5
1980	356.9	320.5	552.2	30.3	54.1	0.9	396.0	19.6	22.0	1,752.5
1981	341.2	296.5	547.1	26.4	49.8	0.9	337.0	18.0	19.1	1,636.0
1982	312.4	283.5	543.2	23.5	*47.3	0.8	311.0	17.2	19.5	*1,558.4
1983	290.5	281.2	527.3	22.1	—	0.8	293.0	15.3	20.0	*1,497.5
Males
1974	81.5	80.3	144.7	17.4	13.8	—	124.3	—	4.8	*473.2
1975	78.6	79.3	153.4	15.0	12.5	—	117.6	—	4.0	*466.3
1976	75.8	76.1	117.9	14.6	11.1	—	111.6	—	4.5	*417.1
1977	74.2	73.9	120.8	13.4	9.9	—	109.8	—	4.7	*412.3
1978	71.6	71.3	—	12.3	8.8	—	108.2	—	4.8	*400.9
1979	71.0	69.6	—	11.5	8.0	—	103.0	—	4.6	*389.7
1980	68.9	68.4	—	10.9	7.7	—	97.0	—	4.2	*372.7
1981	66.6	65.2	—	9.9	7.2	—	87.0	—	4.1	*348.1
1982	62.2	64.6	—	8.9	*6.8	—	80.0	—	4.1	*333.7
1983	59.7	63.4	—	8.5	—	—	75.0	—	4.2	*321.2
Females
1974	328.1	335.0	357.0	34.3	78.8	—	356.5	—	18.2	*1,525.5
1975	317.2	288.0	364.2	27.4	74.0	—	342.2	—	14.9	*1,444.1
1976	304.0	272.8	438.0	24.8	65.2	—	319.5	—	17.1	*1,456.2
1977	296.3	271.1	444.5	22.1	58.7	—	325.0	—	20.6	*1,453.3
1978	289.6	259.2	—	21.0	52.5	—	319.8	—	18.6	*1,412.4
1979	290.2	254.4	—	20.5	48.5	—	315.0	—	18.2	*1,392.8
1980	288.0	252.0	—	19.3	46.4	—	299.0	—	17.7	*1,379.5
1981	274.6	231.3	—	16.6	42.6	—	250.0	—	15.0	*1,288.0
1982	250.3	218.9	—	14.6	*40.5	—	231.0	—	15.4	*1,224.8
1983	230.8	217.8	—	13.6	—	—	218.0	—	15.8	*1,176.3
TIMBER AND WOODEN FURNITURE INDUSTRIES—NACE 46
Total
1974	470.7	242.8	335.6	54.3	54.8	0.7	274.2	10.5	27.7	1471.3
1975	445.5	233.4	341.1	52.0	51.3	0.6	256.9	9.9	22.6	1413.3
1976	439.6	227.3	333.2	47.3	48.3	0.7	252.6	10.1	25.9	1385.0
1977	446.5	228.2	350.8	47.2	47.6	0.6	251.6	10.3	29.9	1412.7
1978	460.0	226.0	348.8	46.5	44.8	0.6	245.7	10.2	28.9	1411.5
1979	471.8	223.8	339.7	46.8	41.3	0.6	254.0	9.9	28.1	1416.0
1980	485.7	222.7	345.5	45.8	39.6	0.6	243.0	9.4	29.1	1421.4
1981	478.4	216.6	352.6	42.2	37.7	0.6	224.0	8.9	27.2	1388.2
1982	446.0	209.9	350.7	37.3	36.3	0.6	207.0	9.0	26.5	*1323.3
1983	424.1	203.4	341.4	31.5	—	0.6	206.0	8.5	26.3	*1278.1
Males
1974	370.9	184.4	257.7	49.0	46.5	—	224.1	—	22.7	*1165.3
1975	352.9	177.2	263.3	47.1	43.4	—	209.9	—	18.5	*1121.6
1976	350.5	172.3	261.8	42.8	41.0	—	207.0	—	21.0	*1106.0
1977	356.0	171.8	279.8	42.9	40.4	—	205.5	—	24.3	*1130.4
1978	367.3	169.1	—	42.0	38.3	—	200.0	—	23.4	*1128.0
1979	376.4	168.0	—	42.1	35.5	—	205.0	—	22.7	*1130.0

	West Germany	France	Italy	Netherlands	Belgium	Luxembourg	United Kingdom	Ireland	Denmark	EUR 9
1980	385.4	167.3	—	41.1	34.0	—	196.0	—	22.2	*1129.9
1981	380.5	162.2	—	37.8	32.4	—	181.0	—	21.2	*1105.4
1982	355.5	157.7	—	33.7	31.4	—	167.0	—	20.8	*1055.0
1983	339.8	152.8	—	28.7	—	—	167.0	—	20.9	*1021.6
Females
1974	99.9	58.4	77.9	5.3	8.3	—	50.1	—	5.0	*306.1
1975	92.6	56.2	77.7	4.9	7.8	—	47.0	—	4.1	*291.5
1976	89.2	54.9	71.4	4.5	7.2	—	45.6	—	4.9	*278.9
1977	90.5	56.4	70.9	4.3	7.1	—	46.1	—	5.5	*282.0
1978	92.6	56.9	—	4.5	6.5	—	45.7	—	5.5	*283.4
1979	95.4	55.9	—	4.7	5.8	—	49.0	—	5.5	*286.2
1980	100.4	55.4	—	4.7	5.6	—	48.0	—	6.9	*292.6
1981	97.9	54.4	—	4.4	5.2	—	43.0	—	6.0	*282.7
1982	90.6	52.1	—	3.6	4.9	—	41.0	—	5.7	*269.3
1983	84.3	50.6	—	2.8	—	—	40.0	—	5.4	*257.5
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING—NACE 34
Total
1974	1,167.6	481.4	375.2	122.7	101.7	0.8	794.4	11.3	41.0	3,092.1
1975	1,097.7	509.3	373.3	122.8	96.4	0.7	763.8	9.6	35.0	3,008.6
1976	1,031.0	498.4	395.3	116.7	91.9	0.7	696.9	10.7	34.2	2,875.8
1977	1,034.6	505.6	391.7	115.8	86.7	0.9	709.0	11.2	39.5	2,895.0
1978	1,019.3	499.9	394.2	115.1	84.9	0.9	716.2	11.8	39.0	2,881.3
1979	1,029.9	493.0	383.8	115.9	83.1	1.1	749.0	12.6	40.3	2,908.7
1980	1,048.2	485.7	382.0	117.3	82.0	1.1	742.0	13.7	41.5	2,913.5
1981	1,028.9	477.1	384.6	117.1	79.8	1.1	688.0	13.8	36.9	2,827.3
1982	990.2	472.9	369.1	112.6	75.5	1.2	655.0	15.0	36.0	*2,727.5
1983	949.0	470.1	352.6	113.2	—	1.2	648.0	14.4	35.4	*2,659.4
Males
1974	700.7	288.0	206.1	100.7	64.6	—	463.1	—	25.0	*1,855.0
1975	676.3	302.1	192.4	100.9	61.6	—	461.2	—	21.4	*1,821.7
1976	644.5	298.6	233.2	96.8	59.6	—	436.8	—	20.9	*1,796.7
1977	642.1	301.3	226.3	96.8	57.2	—	442.2	—	25.8	*1,798.6
1978	637.4	300.3	—	96.5	56.7	—	447.4	—	26.1	*1,799.3
1979	645.4	298.0	—	96.9	55.5	—	475.0	—	26.4	*1,826.6
1980	654.6	295.0	—	97.6	55.5	—	473.0	—	27.2	*1,826.8
1981	650.4	293.5	—	97.8	54.5	—	455.0	—	23.3	*1,800.4
1982	634.6	293.8	—	94.8	52.0	—	439.0	—	23.1	*1,755.2
1983	617.0	293.3	—	95.8	—	—	438.0	—	22.9	*1,727.2
Females
1974	466.9	193.4	169.1	22.0	37.1	—	327.3	—	16.0	*1,237.1
1975	421.4	207.2	181.0	21.9	34.8	—	302.6	—	13.6	*1,187.0
1976	386.5	199.8	162.1	19.9	32.3	—	260.1	—	13.3	*1,079.1
1977	392.5	204.3	165.4	19.0	29.5	—	266.8	—	13.7	*1,096.4
1978	381.9	199.6	—	18.6	28.1	—	268.8	—	12.9	*1,081.9
1979	384.6	195.0	—	19.0	27.6	—	274.0	—	13.8	*1,082.1
1980	393.6	190.7	—	19.7	26.5	—	269.0	—	14.3	*1,086.7
1981	378.5	183.6	—	19.3	25.3	—	233.0	—	13.5	*1,026.8
1982	355.5	179.1	—	17.8	23.5	—	216.0	—	12.8	*972.2
1983	332.0	176.7	—	17.4	—	—	210.0	—	12.5	*932.1
MANUFACTURE OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND OF MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS AND ACCESSORIES—NACE 35
Total
1974	634.1	414.8	253.7	22.8	50.7	0.6	497.8	8.0	4.8	1,887.3
1975	591.5	446.7	242.5	21.8	46.4	0.8	478.3	6.6	4.0	1,838.6
1976	589.7	463.7	240.6	21.4	50.5	0.8	448.3	6.4	3.9	1,825.3
1977	619.5	487.0	230.6	22.4	52.5	0.9	464.2	6.5	5.1	1,888.7
1978	646.9	488.9	234.4	22.6	54.6	0.8	473.9	6.3	5.2	1,933.6
1979	672.8	485.5	241.5	24.1	56.0	0.6	436.0	6.3	6.0	1,928.8
1980	692.0	478.8	260.4	24.4	57.5	0.7	425.0	6.6	6.4	1,951.8
1981	657.7	450.1	240.4	24.3	55.9	0.9	371.0	6.5	5.0	*1,811.8
1982	666.4	432.8	216.5	23.3	55.2*	0.9	335.0	5.8	4.9	*1,740.8
1983	657.3	429.4	198.1	21.4		0.9	310.0	5.4	5.3	*1,683.0
Males
1974	527.6	338.9	238.9	21.4	45.0	0.5	436.0	—	4.4	*1,620.3
1975	494.8	365.5	227.9	20.4	40.9	0.6	419.5	—	3.6	*1,579.5
1976	497.7	379.7	220.9	20.2	44.8	0.6	394.8	—	3.6	*1,568.4
1977	524.8	398.7	217.5	21.1	46.7	0.7	408.9	—	4.6	*1,629.2
1978	549.2	401.7	—	21.4	49.0	0.6	417.1	—	4.7	*1,670.8
1979	571.6	398.3	—	22.8	50.4	0.5	383.0	—	5.3	*1,665.7
1980	587.4	392.4	—	23.0	51.9	0.6	373.0	—	5.6	*1,686.5
1981	557.3	369.5	—	22.9	50.5	0.7	328.0	—	4.3	*1,565.7

	West Germany	France	Italy	Netherlands	Belgium	Luxembourg	United Kingdom	Ireland	Denmark	EUR 9
1982	566.6	355.9	—	22.0	50.2*	0.7	296.0	—	4.2	*1,504.9
1983	560.8	353.2	—	20.1	—	0.7	275.0	—	4.6	*1,456.2
Females
1974	106.5	75.8	14.9	1.4	5.7	0.1	61.8	—	0.4	*267.0
1975	96.7	81.2	14.6	1.4	5.5	0.2	58.8	—	0.4	*259.1
1976	92.0	84.0	19.7	1.2	5.7	0.2	53.5	—	0.3	*256.9
1977	94.7	88.3	13.1	1.3	5.8	0.2	55.3	—	0.5	*259.5
1978	97.7	87.2	—	1.3	5.6	0.2	56.8	—	0.5	*262.9
1979	101.2	87.2	—	1.3	5.6	0.1	52.0	—	0.6	*262.0
1980	104.5	86.4	—	1.5	5.6	0.1	52.0	—	0.8	*265.3
1981	100.4	80.6	—	1.5	5.4	0.2	44.0	—	0.7	*247.3
1982	99.8	76.9	—	1.4	5.0*	0.2	40.0	—	0.7	*237.0
1983	96.5	76.2	—	1.3	—	0.2	35.0	—	0.7	*226.8
EXTRACTION AND BRIQUETTING OF SOLID FUELS, COKE OVENS—NACE 11/12
Total
1974	191.4	100.2	6.2	4.2	32.5	—	308.5	0.3	—	*643.3
1975	207.9	85.3	6.9	1.7	31.2	—	315.2	0.3	—	*648.5
1976	220.9	83.9	6.3	0.7	28.7	—	308.5	0.4	—	*649.4
1977	228.3	79.2	6.2	0.7	26.4	—	307.5	0.4	—	*648.7
1978	216.5	73.5	6.5	0.3	25.1	—	305.6	0.3	—	*627.8
1979	216.8	68.6	6.4	0.3	24.5	—	302.0	0.3	—	*618.9
1980	172.4	63.5	6.2	0.3	23.4	—	303.0	0.3	—	*569.1
1981	209.4	60.7	6.5	0.0	23.2	—	303.0	0.3	—	*603.1
1982	196.5	59.0	6.6	0.0	*23.1	—	278.0	0.3	—	*563.5
1983	207.2	58.2	6.3	0.0	—	—	267.0	—	—	*562.1
Males
1974	187.0	100.7	6.0	4.0	32.2	—	298.1	—	—	*627.8
1975	203.0	83.2	6.7	1.6	31.0	—	304.9	—	—	*630.7
1976	215.0	81.3	6.2	0.6	28.5	—	298.0	—	—	*630.0
1977	222.4	76.5	6.2	0.6	26.2	—	296.6	—	—	*628.9
1978	211.0	70.8	—	0.3	25.0	—	294.3	—	—	*608.2
1979	211.3	65.9	—	0.2	24.3	—	290.0	—	—	*598.4
1980	167.0	61.0	—	0.2	23.3	—	292.0	—	—	*550.0
1981	203.9	58.3	—	0.0	23.1	—	281.0	—	—	*573.1
1982	191.5	56.8	—	0.0	*23.0	—	267.0	—	—	*545.0
1983	201.8	55.6	—	0.0	—	—	256.0	—	—	*543.0
Females
1974	4.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	—	10.4	—	—	*15.5
1975	4.8	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	—	10.3	—	—	*17.8
1976	5.9	2.6	0.0	0.1	0.2	—	10.5	—	—	*19.3
1977	6.0	2.7	0.0	0.1	0.2	—	10.9	—	—	*19.9
1978	5.5	2.8	—	0.0	0.1	—	11.3	—	—	*19.7
1979	5.5	2.6	—	0.0	0.1	—	12.0	—	—	*20.2
1980	5.4	2.5	—	0.0	0.1	—	12.0	—	—	*20.1
1981	5.5	2.4	—	0.0	0.1	—	12.0	—	—	*20.0
1982	5.0	2.4	—	0.0	*0.1	—	11.0	—	—	"18.5
1983	5.4	2.6	—	0.0	—	—	11.0	—	—	*19.1
OF WHICH: COKE OVENS—NACE 12
Total
1974	—	0.3	3.4	—	1.6	—	11.3	—	—	—
1975	—	0.3	3.7	—	1.6	—	12.2	—	—	—
1976	—	0.3	3.7	—	1.5	—	11.0	—	—	—
1977	—	0.3	3.6	—	1.5	—	10.5	—	—	—
1978	—	0.3	3.6	—	1.6	—	10.7	—	—	—
1979	—	0.3	3.5	†	1.5	—	4.8	—	—	—
1980	—	0.3	3.6	†	1.5	—	4.8	—	—	—
1981	—	0.3	3.9	†	1.5	—	4.5	—	—	—
1982	—	0.3	3.9	†	*1.5	—	4.3	—	—	—
1983	—	0.3	3.9	†	—	—	4.3	—	—	—
Males
1974	—	0.3	3.2	—	1.5	—	10.8	—	—	—
1975	—	0.3	3.5	—	1.5	—	11.6	—	—	—
1976	—	0.3	3.6	—	1.5	—	10.5	—	—	—
1977	—	0.3	3.6	—	1.5	—	10.1	—	—	—
1978	—	0.3	—	—	1.6	—	10.2	—	—	—
1979	—	0.3	—	†	1.5	—	4.6	—	—	—
1980	—	0.3	—	†	1.5	—	4.6	—	—	—
1981	—	0.3	—	†	1.5	—	4.3	—	—	—
1982	—	0.3	—	†	*1.5	—	4.1	—	—	—
1983	—	0.3	—	†	—	—	41	—	—	—

	West Germany	France	Italy	Netherlands	Belgium	Luxembourg	United Kingdom	Ireland	Denmark	EUR 9
Females
1974	—	0	0.2	—	0.0	—	0.5	—	—	—
1975	—	0	0.2	—	0.0	—	0.6	—	—	—
1976	—	0	0.0	—	0.0	—	0.5	—	—	—
1977	—	0	0.0	—	0.0	—	0.4	—	—	—
1978	—	0	—	—	0.0	—	0.5	—	—	—
1979	—	0	—	†	0.0	—	0.2	—	—	—
1980	—	0	—	†	0.0	—	0.2	—	—	—
1981	—	0	—	†	0.0	—	0.2	—	—	—
1982	—	0	—	†	0.0	—	0.2	—	—	—
1983	—	0	—	†	—	—	0.2	—	—	—
† Included in NACE 14

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Prime Minister how the level of Government investment in the textile and clothing industries per capita employee in those industries compares to the level of Government investment per capita employee in (a) the coal mining industry, (b) the motor manufacturing industry, (c) the aerospace industry, (d) the shipbuilding industry and (e) computer manufacture in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

The Prime Minister

Information on Government support for investment is given in the annual reports of the Industrial Development Act 1982 (formerly the Industry Act 1972) of which copies are in the Library of the House. The totals for the clothing industry, coal mining, the motor manufacturing industry, the aerospace industry and computer manufacture are not separately identifiable. However, the reports do give a breakdown of Government support for investment by broader industrial sectors.

Statistics of employment in the industries concerned are published in the Employment Gazette, of which copies are also in the Library, but these statistics are not compiled on quite the same basis as statistics on Government support for investment.