§ Mr. Gregoryasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were employed in the confectionery industry at the latest date; what were the comparable figures for 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkConsistent estimates of employees in employment, analysed according to minimum list headings (MLHs) of the 1968 standard industrial classification, are available for June in each of the years specified. The following table gives the figures for Great
Working Day Lost Through Industrial Stoppages, 1978 to 1983, OECD Countries Thousands (Source) 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 * Australia 2,131 3,964 3,311 4,192 2,158 — †Austria 10 1 17 4 — — † Belgium 1,003 616 217 — — — *Canada 7,393 7,786 8,975 8,873 5,795 — †Denmark 129 173 187 652 — — *Finland 132 243 1,599 643 199 — *France 2,187 3,626 1,671 1,442 2,250 — *Germany (FDR) 4,281 483 128 58 15 — Greece — — — — — — †lceland 51 16 31 78 — — †lreland 613 1,465 412 434 — — *Italy 9,192 25,126 14,865 9,570 16,875 — †Japan 1,358 930 1,001 554 — — Luxembourg — — — — — — *Netherlands 3 307 55 24 215 — *New Zealand 381 382 360 245 317 — ‡Norway 63 7 104 28 281 — *Portugal - 493 533 750 — — ‡Spain 11,551 18,917 6,177 5,154 2,788 — ‡Sweden 23 1 4,432 202 — — †Switzerland 5 2 6 — — — †Turkey 1,599 2,217 5,409 — — — ║United Kingdom 9,405 29,474 11,964 4,266 5,313 3,593 *USA 26,202 20,410 20,846 16,910 9,056 — Sources:—
* OECD Main Economic Indicators
† ILO Year Book 1982
‡ Embassy
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30WBritain for bread and flour confectionery (MLH 212) and for cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery (MLH 217). It also gives the figures for September 1983, the latest available. The figures from 1980 are provisional.
Employees in employment June each year MLH212 (000s) MLH 217 (000s) 1960 127.0 100.0 1965 141.0 89.0 1970 132.0 81.0 1975 105.3 66.7 1980 89.8 66.5 1981 86.0 60.3 1982 83.3 57.5 1983 78.8 54.4 September 1983 80.4 56.3