§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Paymaster General (1) how many workers were made redundant in the retail food industry in 1983, 1984 and 1985;
(2) how many workers have been made redundant in the retail food industry in (a) the south-east, (b) the southwest, (c) the east midlands, (d) the west midlands, (e) the north-east and (I) the north-west in the last 12 months.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available. The confirmed redundancies statistics do not separately identify industry groups within the retail distribution sector.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Paymaster General how many workers are employed in the retail food industry at the latest available date.
§ Mr. LangIn December 1985, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 634,000 employees in employment in the retail distribution of food in Great Britain.