§ Mr. Arthur Davidsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the work force the textile industry employed in (a) Accrington and (b) north-east Lancashire in 1982 or the nearest available date.
Redundancies reported as due to occur: 1982*, Selected Travel-to-work areas SIC(68) Industry Order Blackburn Accrington Burnley Nelson Rossendale I Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing — — — — — II Mining and Quarrying — — 75 — — III Food, Drink and Tobacco 70 10 — — — IV Coal and Petroleum Products — — — — — V Chemicals and Allied Industries — — — 126 114 VI Metal Manufacture 43 — 25 — — VII Mechanical Engineering 223 732 76 25 15 VIII Instrument Engineering — — — — — IX Electrical Engineering 36 — 444 — — X Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering — — — — — XI Vehicles 63 — 1,156 158 — XII Metal Goods Not Elsewhere Specified 21 — 86 — — XIII Textiles 230 215 189 290 127 XIV Leather, Leather Goods and Fur — — — — — XV Clothing and Footwear 50 — 57 — 196 XVI Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 23 50 23 — — XVII Timber, Furniture, etc. 49 58 82 20 — XVIII Paper, Printing and Publishing 373 — — 10 — XIX Other Manufacturing Industries 48 — — 11 — XX Construction 27 — — — — XXI Gas, Electricity and Water 17 — — — — XXII Transport and Communication 32 — — 19 — XXIII Distributive Trades 42 11 11 30 — XXIV Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services — — — — — XXV Professional and Scientific Services — — — — — XXVI Miscellaneous Services — — 45 — — XXVII Public Administration and Defence 99 — — — 22 All Industries and Services 1,446 1,076 2,269 689 474 * Includes provisional figures for November and December.
§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report tables giving a breakdown of age and duration of unemployment in each of the Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Nelson and Rossendale travel-to-work areas for age groups under 18 years, 19 years, 20 to 24 years, 25 to 29 years, 30 to 34 years, 35 to 44 years, 45 to 54, 55 to 59 years and 60 to 64 years, for durations of up to 13, 26 and 52 weeks,
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§ Mr. Michael AlisonThe most recent figures are from the June 1978 census of employment and show that 11 per cent. of employees in Accrington and 12 per cent. of those in north-east Lancashire worked in the textile industry. Censuses were not taken in 1979 and 1980 and local area results are not yet available from the September 1981 census.