§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give information on the number of United Kingdom plants which have closed down since the beginning of 1979 in the manner of his answer of Wednesday 6 June 1984 to the hon. Member for Coventry, North East; and what is the number of jobs that have been lost since 1979 in the plants in question.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe latest information available indicates that 742 foreign-owned manufacturing plants in the United Kingdom with more than 10 employees have closed since 1 January 1979.
Since the beginning of 1979 a total of 124,653 jobs have been lost in the closures of all foreign-owned manufacturing plants which employed more than 10 people.