§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list in the Official Report information available to him on the tobacco factories which have closed in the United Kingdom each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Giles ShawNo official statistics are collected on the number of factory closures in the tobacco industry. According to reports in the national press, the following tobacco factories have closed since 1979:
- 1979—None.
- 1980—None.
- 1981—One cigarette factory (Carreras Rothmans, Rayleigh, Essex).
- 1982—None.
- 1983—Two cigarette factories (Imperial Tobacco Ltd., Stirling and Glasgow). One cigar factory (Imperial Tobacco, Bristol).
- 1984—One cigarette factory (Carreras Rothmans, Basildon).
- 1985—Two cigarette factories (Gallaher, Middleton and Imperial Tobacco Ltd., Newcastle). One cigar factory (Gallaher, Lisnafillan, Northern Ireland).
- 1986—One cigarette factory (Carreras Rothmans, Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland).