§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of people employed in the West Yorkshire wool textile industry for each year from 1975 to 1989; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LeeThe available information from censuses of employment is given in the table. Because of changes in the standard industrial classification and in the compilation of county data, the most recent September 1989 and 1984 estimates are not strictly comparable with those for earlier years. More up-to-date estimates from the September 1987 census of employment will become available later this year.
Employees in employment in the woollen and worsted industry in west Yorkshire Thousand June1 1975 59.4 1976 54.8 1977 54.7 1978 52.2 September2 32.8 1984 25.6 1 Jobcentre based information: 1968 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), Minimum List Heading 414. 2 Ward based information (ward boundaries as at September 1981): 1980 SIC, Activity Heading 4310. Note: Jobcentre and ward based aggregates are not strictly comparable. The former are based on an amalgamation of jobcentre areas, which may not be coterminous with the county boundary. There are also differences in the industry classification, 1968 SIC differs from the 1980 SIC, for instance, in including the manufacturing of pressed and woven felt and baize.