§ 74. Mr. Haynesasked the Paymaster General what was the net loss of manufacturing jobs in the east midlands since June 1979.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeBetween June 1979 and June 1986, there was a net decrease of 109,000 employees in employment in manufacturing industries in the east midlands region.
However, some of the decrease in the figures will be the result of the re-classification of jobs such as industrial cleaning, catering, computer services, and road haulage, previously clone by manufacturers' own employees and now done by sub-contractors. This developing feature of our economy has the effect of exaggerating the extent of the decline of manufacturing employment.