§ Mrs. Rénee Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are employed in the United Kingdom tyre industry at the current time—and how this compares with the figures for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply,21 April 1980, c.2]: The precise information is not available. Employment estimates are made for complete minimum list headings (MLHs) of the standard industrial classification and rubber (MLH 491) includes, in addition to the manufacture of tyres and tubes, other rubber goods. The following table gives, for MLH 491, the estimated numbers of 85W employees in employment in the United Kingdom at June each year from 1970 to 1979 and at January 1980, the latest date for which estimates are available.
Thousands June 1970 122 June 1971 122 June 1972 121 June 1973 123 June 1974 125 June 1975 119 June 1976 115 June 1977 107 June 1978* 106 June 1979* 99 January 1980* 97 *Provisional