HC Deb 27 November 1987 vol 123 cc346-7W
Mr. Maxton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were employed in the oil industry in Scotland in each year since 1979.

Mr. Lang

The information given on numbers of employees is taken from the census of employment:

  1. (a) Extraction of Mineral Oil and Gas in Scotland
    • September 1981 – 17,500
    • September 1984–19,600
  2. (b) Mineral Oil Processing in Scotland
    • September 1981–3,400
    • September 1984–3,000

Information is not available for other years since 1979.

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