§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in slaughterhouses in each county of England in each year since 1985.
§ Miss WiddecombeDue to the small number of employers in each county operating slaughterhouses, the confidentiality restrictions of the Statistics of Trade Act 1947 prevent this information from being released.
Employment estimates are available for the standard economic regions in England from the periodic censuses of employment. The most recent of these was conducted in September 1991. The estimates can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the Library, subject to the confidentiality restrictions of the 1947 Act.