§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many industrial jobs have been lost in London in the last 10 years and how many of these have been in the London docks.
§ Mr. BoothPrecise information about jobs lost is not available but an indication of net changes can be obtained by comparing the level of the mid-year employment estimates, the most recent of which are for June 1974. Between June 1965, the earliest date for which estimates for Greater London are available, and June 1974, the number of employees in employment in all industries and services decreased by about 485,000. In manufacturing industries alone, the decrease was about 433,000. Information is not available separately for the London docks 447W but in the Port and Inland Water Transport industry (Minimum List Heading 706 of the Standard Industrial Classification 1968) there was a decrease of about 20,000.