HC Deb 04 December 1989 vol 163 cc71-2W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of jobs in the(a) footwear industry and (b) textile industry for each year since 1979; and how many have been lost in each industry so far in 1989.

Mr. Nicholls

The number and change in employees in employment in the footwear and textile industries is shown in the following table:

Employees in the Footwear and Textile Industries (SIC 80)
Great Britain
(Thousands)
Footwear SIC Group 451 Textiles SIC Class 43
June 1979 68.8 371.4
June 1980 65.3 324.8
June 1981 58.8 273.0
June 1982 53.5 256.2
June 1983 51.4 238.8
June 1984 52.8 233.5
June 1985 51.1 234.5
June 1986 51.9 238.2
June 1987 50.8 229.0
June 1988 49.5 231.0
September 1988 49.3 229.4
December 1988 48.9 225.9
March 1989 47.7 218.6
June 1989 45.6 217.8
September 1989 45.3 218.1

Footwear SIC Group 451 Textiles SIC Class 43
Changes:
September 1988—September 1989 -40 -11.3
(-8.1%) (-4.9%)
December 1988—September 1989 -3.6 -7.7
(-7.4%) (-3.4%)