§ Mr. Concannonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give an estimate of the numbers of jobs lost in the private manufacturing sector in Northern Ireland in each of the years 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. Adam ButlerInformation is not available in the precise form requested. Figures are available only for the net job losses in the entire manufacturing sector, where employment declined by 11,500 between June 1979–June 1980, and by 16,100 between June 1980–June 1981.