§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of manufacturing jobs in Wales each year since 1970 broken down by industrial groups, the peak employment in each group since 1954, the latest available figure, and the number currently unemployed in each group.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasEstimates of employees in employment for broad groups of manufacturing industries from 1970 to 1983 for Wales are shown in the table. The industries are analysed according to 1968 standard industrial classification and are for June each year. Consistent estimates of employees in employment are only available from 1965 and the peak year for each of the broad groups since then is shown in the last column of the table.
The industrial analysis of the numbers unemployed was discontinued in May 1982.
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Employees in Employment in Wales Thousands SJC (68) Peak year Industrial sector 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 since 1965 III-XIX Manufacturing industries: total 332 324 319 329 335 317 303 309 310 312 287 240 223 208 1974 III Food, drink and tobacco 20 20 21 20 19 19 19 18 18 19 20 19 17 16 1965, 66, 72 IV-V Crad, petroleum and chemical products 20 20 21 21 22 23 22 23 23 23 22 22 18 15 1975, 77, 78, 79 VI Metal manufacture 95 90 85 84 83 83 77 80 74 72 59 41 37 32 1965 VII-XII Engineering and allied industries 115 112 108 115 118 108 106 108 114 118 112 96 91 86 1974, 79 XIII-XV Textile, leather and clothing 32 34 34 34 34 31 30 29 28 28 24 20 20 20 1971,72,73,74 XVI-XIX Other manufacturing industries 50 49 50 55 58 53 50 50 52 52 50 42 40 39 1974 Source: Department of Employment.