HC Deb 10 July 1984 vol 63 cc510-5W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give a breakdown, by region, of the numbers of young people currently participating in youth training schemes in (a) the children's, (b) the women's and (c) the men's clothing manufacturing industries.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The informtion is not yet available. I shall, however, write to my hon. Friend shortly.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give a breakdown, by region, of the total number of people employed in (a) the women's, (b) the children's and (c) the men's clothing manufacturing industries in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

Mr. Alan Clark

The precise information is not available. The following table gives the available information from the censuses of employment in June each year from 1974 to 1978 and in September 1981, the latest date for which the information is available. Censuses were not conducted in 1979 and 1980. The September 1981 data are based on the 1980 standard industrial classification and those for the earlier years are based on the 1968 SIC resulting in discontinuities in the series.

Weatherproof outerwear and hats caps and millinery* Men's and boys' tailored outerwear† Women's and girls' tailored outerwear and dress industries not elsewhere specified† Overalls and men's shirts, underwear, etc.║ Dresses, lingerie, infants' wear, etc.¶
East Anglia
June 1974 0.2 1.9 1.3 ● ●
June 1975 0.3 1.9 1.2 ● ●
June 1976 0.3 2.1 1.4 ● 0.6
June 1977 0.3 1.8 1.5 0.8 0.8
June 1978 0.4 1.8 1.7 0.7 0.5
September 1981 0.5 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.5
South West
June 1974 0.2 1.9 4.8 3.4 2.1
June 1975 0.2 2.0 4.7 3.3 2.1
June 1976 0.4 2.1 4.3 2.9 2.0
June 1977 0.4 1.9 5.0 3.2 2.0
June 1978 0.4 1.9 4.8 3.2 2.0
September 1981 0.3 1.3 3.8 2.6 1.3
West Midlands
June 1974 1.2 5.1 3.6 1.3 4.1
June 1975 1.3 4.8 3.3 1.4 3.8
June 1976 1.3 4.7 3.4 1.4 3.8
June 1977 1.3 4.6 3.5 1.6 4.5
June 1978 1.4 4.6 3.7 1.7 4.5
September 1981 1.1 2.5 2.3 1.6 4.9
East Midlands
June 1974 0.3 4.8 6.6 2.5 15.0
June 1975 0.3 4.7 6.1 2.6 15.1
June 1976 0.3 4.6 5.5 2.6 15.0
June 1977 0.4 4.4 6.3 2.7 15.5
June 1978 0.4 4.5 6.3 3.2 15.7
September 1981 0.6 2.2 6.5 2.1 14.3
Yorkshire and Humberside
June 1974 1.1 26.7 4.1 3.5 7.5
June 1975 0.9 25.5 3.6 3.3 7.2
June 1976 0.9 22.6 3.7 3.5 7.6
June 1977 1.2 21.5 3.9 3.6 8.9
June 1978 1.1 19.9 3.7 4.0 8.4
September 1981 1.5 10.6 2.9 4.4 8.2
North West
June 1974 11.7 9.7 8.2 9.0 19.2
June 1975 11.5 9.8 7.9 8.5 18.3
June 1976 10.2 9.2 8.3 8.4 17.1
June 1977 9.9 9.3 8.9 7.7 17.6
June 1978 8.7 9.0 8.5 8.8 17.7
September 1981 5.1 4.3 4.6 8.2 14.5
North
June 1974 1.8 11.2 3.6 3.0 8.2
June 1975 1.8 10.8 3.4 2.6 8.8
June 1976 2.2 8.8 2.6 2.5 9.1
June 1977 2.4 8.2 2.6 2.8 9.8
June 1978 2.3 6.5 2.6 3.0 9.5
September 1981 1.3 3.5 1.9 2.5 7.0
Wales
June 1974 1.0 4.5 4.5 ● 3.9
June 1975 0.7 4.6 4.5 ● 3.9
June 1976 0.7 3.7 4.3 1.2 3.7
June 1977 0.7 3.6 5.6 0.9 3.7
June 1978 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.1 3.9
September 1981 0.6 1.7 3.6 0.6 2.9
Scotland

Weatherproof outerwear and hats caps and millinery* Men's and boys' tailored outerwear† Women's and girls' tailored outerwear and dress industries not elsewhere specified‡ Overalls and men's shirts, underwear, etc.║ Dresses, lingerie, infants' wear, etc.¶
June 1974 2.2 7.6 10.8 6.6 5.5
June 1975 2.3 6.7 10.4 6.0 5.1
June 1976 2.2 6.9 8.8 6.5 4.8
June 1977 2.2 7.1 9.6 6.8 5.4
June 1978 2.3 7.0 9.0 5.8 6.9
September 1981 1.8 4.5 5.3 5.8 6.5
* Minimum List Headings 441 and 446 of the 1968 SIC/Activity Headings 4531 and 4537 of the 1980 SIC.
† Minimum List Heading 442 of the 1968 SIC/Activity Heading of the 1980 SIC.
‡ Minimum List Headings 443 and 449 of the 1968 SIC/Activity Headings 4533, 4538 and 4539 of the 1980 SIC.
║ Minimum List Heading of the 1968 SIC/Activity Headings 4534 and 4535 of the 1980 SIC.
¶ Minimum List Heading 445 of the 1968 SIC/Activity Headings 4536 of the 1980 SIC.
● The figures for these dates cannot be disclosed without directly or indirectly disclosing confidential information relating to individual undertakings.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give a breakdown, by region, of the total numbers of people employed in (a) the cotton textile, (b) the woollen textile and (c) the man-made fibre manufacturing industries in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

Mr. Alan Clark

The precise information requested is not available. the following table gives the available

Production of man-made fibres and spinning and doubling on the cotton and flax systems (Minimum List Headings 411 and 412 of the 1968 SIC/Activity Headings 2600 and 4321 of the 1980 SIC) Weaving of cotton, linen and man-made fibres (Minimum List Heading 413 of the 1968 SIC/Activity Heading 4322 of the 1980 SIC) Woollen and worsted industry (Minimum List Heading 414 of the 1968 SIC/Activity Heading 4310 of the 1980 SIC)
South East
June 1974 1.4 1.4 1.3
June 1975 1.3 1.2 1.2
June 1976 1.4 1.1 0.9
June 1977 1.4 0.9 1.1
June 1978 1.0 1.1 1.1
September 1981 1.0 0.9 2.0
East Anglia
June 1974 0.1 0.8 —
June 1975 0.1 0.8 —
June 1976 0.1 0.8 —
June 1977 0.1 0.8 —
June 1978 0.1 0.7 —
September 1981 0.1 0.4 —
South West
June 1974 3.4 1.0 2.0
June 1975 3.1 0.9 2.1
June 1976 2.9 0.9 1.9
June 1977 2.9 0.9 1.5
June 1978 3.0 0.8 2.0
September 1981 2.4 0.6 1.1
West Midlands
June 1974 5.6 ● 1.4
June 1975 4.6 ● 1.3
June 1976 4.5 ● 1.3
June 1977 3.9 0.5 1.4
June 1978 3.7 0.3 1.4
September 1981 2.8 0.6 0.9
East Midlands
June 1974 8.7 0.7 1.8
June 1975 8.0 0.5 1.5

figures from the censuses of employment in June each year from 1974 to 1978 and in September 1981, the latest date for which the figures are available. Censuses of employment were not conducted in 1979 and 1980. The figures for September 1981 are based on the 1980 standard industrial classification and those for the earlier years are based on the 1968 SIC resulting in discontinuities in the series.

Production of man-made fibres and spinning and doubling on the cotton and flax systems (Minimum List Headings 411 and 412 of the 1968 SIC/Activity Headings 2600 and 4321 of the 1980 SIC) Weaving of cotton, linen and man-made fibres (Minimum List Heading 413 of the 1968 SIC/Activity Heading 4322 of the 1980 SIC) Woollen and worsted industry (Minimum List Heading 414 of the 1968 SIC/Activity Heading 4310 of the 1980 SIC)
June 1976 7.7 0.4 1.5
June 1977 8.2 0.2 1.5
June 1978 7.6 0.6 1.5
September 1981 4.6 0.9 1.2
Yorkshire and Humberside
June 1974 10.7 3.9 69.6
June 1975 10.3 3.8 61.2
June 1976 11.0 3.7 56.3
June 1977 9.8 3.8 56.3
June 1978 9.4 3.8 53.8
September 1981 7.6 2.8 33.5
North West
June 1974 44.8 34.7 6.1
June 1975 39.7 32.1 5.5
June 1976 39.1 29.3 4.7
June 1977 37.8 27.6 5.4
June 1978 33.8 25.9 5.3
September 1981 13.6 15.1 3.8
North
June 1974 6.2 1.9 4.7
June 1975 5.3 1.7 3.5
June 1976 4.7 1.6 3.1
June 1977 4.6 1.6 2.6
June 1978 4.3 1.5 1.4
September 1981 1.4 0.6 0.8
Wales
June 1974 10.1 — 1.4
June 1975 8.5 — 1.1
June 1976 7.9 — 0.9
June 1977 6.5 — 1.1
June 1978 5.8 — 0.8
September 1981 4.6 0.1 0.6
Scotland
June 1974 7.3 2'6 12.8
June 1975 6.1 2.3 10.8
June 1976 6.2 2.2 10.9
June 1977 6.0 2.7 11.6
June 1978 5.4 2.4 11.0
September 1981 4.4 0.9 9.3
* Figures for these dates cannot be given without directly or indirectly disclosing confidential information relating to individual undertakers.