§ 47. Sir John Farrasked the Paymaster General what was the total number of jobs lost in manufacturing industry in the last available 12-month period.
§ Mr. LeeInformation about job gains and job losses is not available from the Department's statistics, but an indication of the net changes can be seen by comparing levels of employment at different dates.
Between September 1985 and September 1986 there was a net decrease of 93,000 in the numbers of employees in employment and self-employed in manufacturing industries in Great Britain.
§ 69. Mr. Leightonasked the Paymaster General how many jobs have been lost in manufacturing since 1979 in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the rest of the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. LeeThe latest information (which is for 1984) shows that employment in manufacturing in the United Kingdom has fallen by 1,674,000 since 1979 compared with a fall of 2,254,000 for the rest of the European Economic Community — excluding Luxembourg and Greece for which there are no comparable figures. The United Kingdom still has a greater proportion of its employment in manufacturing than any other Community country apart from Germany.