HC Deb 01 May 1984 vol 59 cc94-5W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been employed in the chemical industry in the United Kingdom in each year since 1974.

Mr. Alan Clark

The following table gives the information for June each year from 1974 to 1983.

Employees in employment

Chemical industry (Class 25 of the 1980 SIC)

June Number (Thousand)
1974 401
1975 397
1976 389
1977 399
1978 403
1979 405
1980 395

June Number (Thousand)
1981 363
1982 348
1983 327

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees there are currently in the chemical industries; and what information he has as to the current basic rate of pay of those employees.

Mr. Alan Clark

The number of employess in employment in the chemical industry in February 1984 is given in table 1.3 of labour market data inEmployment Gazette for April 1984.

Details on minimum basic wage rates of manual workers affected by national collective agreements in the chemical and allied industries are published in "Time Rates of Wages and Hours of Work" (pages 25 to 31).

Details of the average hourly earnings for a week of normal basic hours (excluding overtime pay) for adult employees in the chemical industry in April 1983 are given in tables 54 to 57 of "New Earnings Survey 1983", part C.

Copies of these publications are in the Library.