HC Deb 07 March 1985 vol 74 cc549-50W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how may persons are now employed in general engineering in Wales; and what were the numbers in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, respectively.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The published series of annual figures for employees in the metal goods, engineering and vehicles industries (Division 3 SIC(80)) for 1979–81 related to June. For consistency a June series is therefore given for the whole period covered by the question:

Month Number
June 1979 120,000
June 1980 114,000
June 1981 98,000
June 1982 93,000
June 1983 88,000
June 1984 86,000

Source: Department of Employment.