HC Deb 07 February 1983 vol 36 cc269-70W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the figures of the numbers employed in the tobacco industry in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Alison

The following table gives the numbers of employees in employment in the tobacco industry (minimum list heading 240 of the 1968 standard industrial classification) in the United Kingdom at June each year from 1973. It also gives the number at September 1982, the latest date for which a provisional estimate is available.

Employees
June, 1973 40,000
June, 1974 40,900
June, 1975 41,000
June, 1976 39,300
June, 1977 37,800
June, 1978 38,100*
June, 1979 37,200*
June, 1980 36,200*
June, 1981 34,000*
June, 1982 30,600*
September, 1982 30,900*
* Provisional.