HC Deb 22 July 1996 vol 282 c4W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) males and (b) females were employed in the United Kingdom footwear industry in 1975, 1979 and 1995. [38171]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The available comparable information is for 1978 onwards. This is provided in the following table:

Employees in footwear manufacture in Great Britain: June (thousands)1
Standard industrial classification 1992(SIC92)
Male Females
1978 16 48
1979 16 48
1995 14 15

Note:

1 Unadjusted.

Source:

ONS.

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