§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in manufacturing industry on 1 June 1960, 1 June 1970 and 1 June 1980.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in manufacturing industries in the United Kingdom. The figures for 1960 and 1970 are from the continuous series of employment estimates which removes discontinuities present in earlier published data.
(000's) June 1960 8,418 June 1970 8,339 June 1980 (provisional) 6,789