§ Mr. Tom Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has concerning the 643W number of people employed as full-time equivalents in the textiles and clothing industries for each quarter in the last eight years.
Employees in Employment in the Textile and Clothing Industries in Great Britain Thousands 1 Textiles 1 Clothing 2 Males All Part-time Females All Part-time 2 Males All Females All Part-time 1979 March 196.8 .. 179.3 39.0 67.5 255.8 50.8 June 192.8 .. 178.9 37.0 68.6 257.7 51.1 September 188.9 .. 176.1 37.2 67.6 257.3 48.7 December 182.3 .. 171.4 35.4 66.4 252.5 49.8 1980 March 174.1 .. 163.8 32.8 64.0 243.8 50.1 June 166.3 .. 158.4 31.4 62.7 233.1 45.4 September 155.8 .. 149.1 29.8 60.6 225.0 44.0 December 150.1 .. 142.3 28.1 58.2 211.8 40.3 1981 March 144.9 .. 137.2 26.0 57.0 202.8 38.8 June 140.7 .. 132.3 25.9 56.7 198.9 41.1 September 139.8 3.5 132.3 25.5 3 56.1 195.7 35.3 December 136.7 .. 130.3 24.9 54.6 193.5 33.9 1982 March 134.3 .. 128.1 24.3 53.6 190.4 32.9 June 130.9 .. 125.2 23.9 54.2 187.6 33.3 September 128.0 .. 122.6 23.3 53.4 187.8 32.8 December 125.2 .. 120.5 21.7 52.9 185.3 32.0 1983 March 124.0 .. 117.6 20.4 52.0 182.5 30.8 June 122.7 .. 116.1 20.1 51.4 183.1 30.2 September 123.0 .. 117.3 21.1 51.7 185.5 29.2 December 121.1 .. 116.8 20.3 51.7 187.1 30.1 1984 March 119.0 .. 114.2 20.0 51.8 188.8 29.8 June 119.5 .. 114.0 19.4 51.1 187.8 26.7 September 120.6 2.1 114.3 19.9 351.4 188.0 27.7 December 120.4 2.1 114.5 19.0 51.4 189.6 27.7 1985 March 118.7 2.0 112.8 19.1 51.3 189.4 27.7 June 118.9 2.1 113.9 19.6 52.2 190.7 28.0 September 120.7 2.3 115.9 19.2 53.5 194.2 27.7 December 121.4 2.2 115.5 18.7 53.2 192.7 25.1 1986 March 120.5 2.3 114.6 18.9 53.6 191.7 26.2 June 119.9 2.4 114.3 19.1 53.6 189.5 24.1 September 117.2 2.2 112.0 17.8 53.3 186.6 22.9 December 118.1 2.2 113.9 18.0 53.8 184.7 22.1 1987 March 115.1 2.0 107.8 15.5 52.5 183.0 24.0 1 Textiles are defined as SIC Class 43 and clothing as SIC Class 45 excluding footwear. 2 Estimates of the number of part-time male employees are available for all industries at census of employment dates with quarterly estimates from September 1984 for those industries where the sample is large enough to give reasonable estimates, including textiles but not clothing. 3 Includes 3,600 part-time males at September 1981 and 2,200 at September 1984.