§ Mr. Peter Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers in February 1978 of registered unemployed in Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Cumbria whose immediate previous employment was in the textiles industry; and what were the numbers employed there on that date in the textiles industry.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table gives the numbers registered as unemployed at February 1978 who last worked in the textiles industry and the numbers of employees in employment in that industry at June 1976, the latest date for which this information is available:
Unemployed Employees in employment Lancashire 2,298 39,300 Merseyside 768 5,000 Greater Manchester 4,361 70,700 Cheshire 342 3,900 Cumbria 408 5,500