§ 56. Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in British manufacturing industry in 1980.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonPrecise information about job losses and job gains is not available but an indication of the net changes can be seen by comparing the levels of the estimates of employees in employment at different dates. Between December 1979 and December 1980 the number of people employed in manufacturing industries in Great Britain fell by 704,000. The figure is provisional.