Redundancies

HC Deb 04 February 1981 vol 998 c135W

Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in rank order the 27 industries in the standard classification according to the percentage of their work force made redundant during 1980.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The number of employees involved in redundancies of 10 or more confirmed as due to occur in these groupings of industry between January and June 1980, which is the latest period for which figures are available in this form as a percentage of the numbers employed as at December 1979, gives the following rank order:

1. 1—Textiles (Order XIII)
2. 2—Metal Manufacture (Order VI
3. 3—Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (Order X)
4. 4—Clothing and Footwear (Order XV)
5. 5—Other Manufacturing Industries (Order XIX)
6. 6—Leather, Leather Goods and Furs (Order XIV)
7. 7—Mechanical Engineering (Order VII)
8. 8—Vehicles (Order XI)
9. 9—Timber, Furniture, etc. (Order XVII)
10. 10—Electrical Engineering (Order IX)
11. 11—Bricks, Pottery, Glass, etc. (Order XVI)
12. 12—Metal Goods not elsewhere specified (Order XII)
13. 13—Food, Drink and Tobacco (Order III)
14. 14—Instrument Engineering (Order VIII)
15. 15—Construction (Order XX)
16. 16—Chemicals and Allied Industries (Order V)
17. 17—Paper, Printing and Publishing (Order XVIII)
18. 18—Distributive Trades (Order XXIII)
19. 19—Transport and Communication (Order XXII)
20. 20—Miscellaneous Services (Order XXVI)
21. 21—Insurance, Banking, etc. (Order XXIV)
22. 22—Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing (Order I)
23. 23—Gas, Electricity and Water (Order XXI)
24. 24—Mining and Quarrying (Order II)
25. 25—Public Administration and Defence (Order XXVII)
26. 26—Professional and Scientific Services (Order XXV)
27. 27—Coal and Petroleum Products (Order IV)