§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary State for Scotland how many companies with employees in Scotland were registered within the textile manufacturing industry in each year since 1948.
§ Mr. Gregor MacKenzieThe information requested is not available. However, the number of production units rather than companies, in the textile manufacturing industry which employed over 20 people in Scotland in each of the years 1950 to 1975 is given below:
1950 … … … … … … 617 1951 … … … … … … 638 1952 … … … … … … 600 1953 … … … … … … 626 1954 … … … … … … 632 1955 … … … … … … 635 1956 … … … … … … 634 1957 … … … … … … 628 1958 … … … … … … 609 1959 … … … … … … 599 1960 … … … … … … 597 1961 … … … … … … 582 1962 … … … … … … 559 1963 … … … … … … 543 1964 … … … … … … 522 1965 … … … … … … 517 1966 … … … … … … 521
Year Textiles Order XIII Included in Order XIV- Included in Order XIII Leather, Included in 000s MLH 412 Spinning and Doubling on Cotton and Flax Systems MLH 417 Hosiery and other Knitted Goods MLH 418 Lace Leather Goods and MLH 432 Leather Goods and Fur Order XV-Clothing and Footwear MLH 450 Footwear 1965 93 9.1 20.1 1.3 0.8 1.9 1966 93 8.7 21.3 1.3 0.9 2.0 1967 86 8.1 20.5 1.0 0.7 2.0 1968 86 8.6 20.9 1.1 0.5 1.9 1969 88 8.3 21.5 1.0 0.6 1.9 1970 80 8.3 20.5 1.1 * 1.6 1971† 72 6.8 19.2 * * 1.3 1971† 72 5.4 18.2 0.9 0.7 1.5 1972 71 5.2 18.2 0.9 0.7 1.3 1973 71 3.9 18.2 1.0 0.7 1.3 1974 69 3.8 17.3 1.0 0.6 1.4 1975 59 4.7 15.0 0.8 0.4 1.4 1976 57 4.8 14.0 0.9 0.4 1.7 * Not available but less than 1,000. † Two sets of figures are given for 1971. This is due to a change in the method of compiling estimates of employment which took place during that year. The estimates are now based on the annual census of employment, introduced in 1971; previously, they were based on a count of national insurance cards.