§ Mr. MacKenzieasked the Paymaster General how many people were employed in the tobacco industry in the United Kingdom in the last calendar year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. LangThe Department's employment statistics are prodùced on a quarterly basis and cannot be expressed in precisely the manner requested. The latest figures for employees in employment in the tobacco industry (activity heading 4290 of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification) in Great Britain are to be found in table 1.4 of the labour market data section of theEmployment Gazette for January 1986, a copy of which is in the Library.
Figures for the United Kingdom are not available.