§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed at the latest available date in the wool industry in England and Wales.
§ Mr. McLoughlin[holding answer 19 March 1993]: Figures at the level of industrial and geographical detail specified are available only from the census of employment. The number of employees in employment in the woollen and worsted industry at September 1989 in England and Wales stood at 28,400. The results of the 1991 census of employment will be available from 8 April.