§ Mr. Lofthouseasked the Paymaster General what numbers were employed in the coal and glass industries, respectively, in the Castleford travel-to-work area (a) in 1969 and (b) in 1985.
§ Mr. LangThe precise information requested is not available.
The following table gives the latest available figures from the 1981 census of employment and the earliest on a consistent basis which are for 1971. More up-to-date employment estimates for travel-to-work areas will become available following publication of the 1984 census of employment later this year.
Figures for the glass industry alone cannot be given without indirectly disclosing confidential information relating to individual firms. Figures are therefore given for a broader group of industries comprising the manufacture of glass, bricks, fireclay and refractory goods, pottery, abrasives and certain building materials.
Employees in employment in the Castleford travel-to-work area (thousands) Industry and Order or Minimum List Heading (MLH) of the Standard Industrial Classification 1968 June 1971 September 1981 Coal mining (MLH 101) 13.7 12.4 Bricks, pottery, glass, etc. (Order XVI) 3.8 3.1 As results of the 1971 census are not available for the new travel-to-work areas (as announced in 1984) figures are given for the travel-to-work area as defined before the 1984 review.