HC Deb 10 March 1983 vol 38 cc462-3W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the gross added value in the output of the textile and clothing industries in 1981–82.

Mr. MacGregor

The information for the most recent two years for which firmly based estimates are available, 1979 and 1980, is as follows:

Gross value added at factor cost
£ billion
1979 1980
Textiles* 2.43 2.15
Clothing† 1.32 1.26
* Classes 26, 43 and group 455 of SIC 1980.
† Group 453 of SIC 1980.

Source: Report on the Census of Production, 1980.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what has been the level of output per head in (a) the textile and (b) the clothing industries in each year since 1978.

Mr. MacGregor

The available information is as follows:

Index of output per head*
(1975=100)
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982†
Textiles‡ 107.0 108.5 103.1 111.9 112.6
Clothing║ 113.0 117.7 115.2 124.9 125.8
* Derived from the index of industrial production (1975=100) and estimates of employees in employment in the textiles and clothing industries.
† Provisional.
‡ Order XIII (Minimum List Headings 411–429) of the SIC 1968.
║ Minimum List Headings 441–449 of the SIC 1968.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the level of aid to the textile and clothing industries provided by his Department in 1981–82; and what percentage of total aid to British manufacturing industry this represented.

Mr. MacGregor

In 1981–82, £34.5 million of assistance was provided to the textile, clothing and footwear industries in the form of regional development grants, assistance under sections 7 and 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 and the Science and Technology Act 1965. This sum represents 4 per cent. of the total of such assistance granted by the Department of Industry and 1.3 per cent. of the Department's total assistance to industry, including the nationalised industries, in that year.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what information is collected by his Department as to the levels and categories of costs falling on the textile and clothing industries.

Mr. MacGregor

Annual figures for industries purchases of materials and fuel, their expenditure on industrial services and various categories of non-industrial services are published in table 1 of the PA series ofBusiness Monitors which report on the census of production. Wages and salaries of operatives and of other employees are published in table 4.

1980 1981 1982
Payments £ million Percentage of total assistance Payments £ million Percentage of total assistance Payments £ million Percentage of total assistance
Payments of regional development grants
Textile Industry 11.4 2.9 16.7 2.6 10.1 1.7
Clothing and Footwear Industries 3.8 1.0 6.0 1.0 4.2 0.7
Section 7: Payments of regional selective assistance
Textile Industry 3.2 4.8 4.3 6.0 4.8 5.8
Clothing Industry 1.2 1.8 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.4
Footwear Industry 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

Figures relating to Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and are not available on a directly comparable basis.