HC Deb 27 November 1980 vol 994 cc150-1W
Mr. Pendry

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many textile workers are currently unemployed in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Tameside and (c) the Stalybridge, Hyde and Glossop employment office areas.

Mr. Jim Lester

The following table gives for 14 August, the latest date for which an industrial analysis of the unemployed is available, the numbers registered as unemployed in the areas specified who last worked in the textile industry:

(a) United Kingdom 48,034
(b) Tameside* 620
(c) Stalybridge, Hyde and Glossop employment office areas 357
* The employment office areas of Ashton-under-Lyne, Denton, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge, which closely corresponds to the Tameside Metropolitan Borough.
† Standard Industrial Classification Order XIII.