§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list, by year and by region since 1979, the figures for job losses in the footwear industry; and if he will make a statement regarding forecasts for these figures for the coming year.
§ Mr. NichollsThere are no figures for job losses and job gains. Net changes in employment can be given, but only for dates when censuses of employment are taken. The available information from censuses taken in September 1981, September 1984 and September 1987 is as follows:
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1 The figures exclude the self-employed 2 Group 451 of the Standard Industrial Classification 1980 3 Changes calculated on unrounded employee estimates Between census of employment dates, information about employees in employment subdivided by region is available only for those industry headings listed in Table 1.5 of Employment Gazette a copy of which is in the Library.