§ 50. Mr. Stanleyasked the Minister of Labour what was the decrease between 1951 and 1961 in the number of 42W insured employees in the cotton industry within the Lancashire cotton area; what were the main changes in other manufacturing industries; and what was the change in manufacturing industry as a whole.
§ Mr. GreenThe following is the information.
MAIN CHANGES IN THE ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF INSURED EMPLOYEES IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN THE LANCASHIRE COTTON AREA BETWEEN END-MAY, 1959 AND END-MAY, 1961 Industry Estimated Change *Cotton Manufacture etc. … -21,000 Engineering and Electrical Goods … +12,360 Vehicles … + 5,480 Clothing and Footwear … + 3,770 Paper, Printing and Publishing … + 3,150 Rubber, Linoleum etc. … + 2,890 Metal Goods etc … + 1,700 Food, Drink and Tobacco … + 1,280 Chemicals and Allied Industries … - 1,370 All Manufacturing Industries … +11,620 *Spinning and doubling of cotton, flax and man-made fibres. Weaving of cotton, linen and man-made fibres. Textile finishing. Note
The figures relate to the following Employment Exchanges and their Associated Yough Employment Offices:—
Accrington Leyland Ashton under Lyne Littleborough Atherton and Tyldesley Longridge Bacup Middleton Bamber Bridge Mossley Blackburn Nelson Bolton Oldham and Chadderton Burnley Bury Padiham Chorley Preston Clitheroe Radcliffe Colne Ramsbottom Darwen Rawtenstall Failsworth Rochdale Farnworth Royton Great Harwood Shaw Haslingden Standish Heywood Upholland Hindley Westhoughton Horwich Wigan Leith