HC Deb 09 March 1987 vol 112 c5W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many workers in Wales are in the engineering industry in 1986 as compared with 1979.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

In the metal goods, engineering and vehicles sector — division 3 of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification — the estimated number of employees in employment in September 1986 was 70,000. The corresponding figure for September 1979 was 122,000. These statistics do not include the self-employed.