HC Deb 22 July 1982 vol 28 c263W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will bring up to date the information supplied by him on 25 March, Official Report c. 404, in reply to a written question concerning the jobs lost in each of the principal sections of manufacturing industry; and whether he will also give figures for the principal production industries other than manufacturing.

Mr. Alison

The following table gives the decrease in the number of employees in employment in Great Britain in each manufacturing order of the Standard Industrial Classification between May 1979 and April 1982. It also gives the corresponding decreases for the production orders of mining and quarrying, construction, and gas, electricity and water. The figures on which the decreases are based are provisional and are not seasonally adjusted.

Order of the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification Decrease (000s)
II Mining and Quarrying 23.4
III Food, Drink and Tobacco 82.5
IV Coal and Petroleum Products 5.6
V Chemicals and Allied Industries 61.5
VI Metal Manufacture 143.4
VII Mechanical Engineering 207.5
VIII Instrument Engineering 29.1
IX Electrical Engineering 131.3
X Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 28.3
XI Vehicles 161.8
XII Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 118.5
XIII Textiles 117.6
XIV Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 7.5
XV Clothing and Footwear 71.5
XVI Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc. 56.5
XVII Timber, Furniture etc. 42.6
XVIII Paper, Printing and Publishing 60.4
XIX Other Manufacturing Industries 71.6
XX Construction 228.4
XXI Gas, Electricity and Water 13.1

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