HC Deb 08 December 1983 vol 50 c215W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in the manufacture of spectacle frames and lenses, respectively, in each year since 1974–75.

Mr. Alan Clark

There were 9,000 employees employed in the manufacture of spectacles and unmounted lenses in September 1981 according to the latest available results from the census of employment. Such employees were not separately identified in previous censuses.