HC Deb 24 October 1990 vol 178 c238W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in the textile and clothing industries in each of the last 12 months.

Mr. Jackson

Changes in the number of employees in the textile and clothing industries are supplied in the table.

Employees in Textile and Clothing industries Textiles and Clothing excluding footwear
(Great Britain)
Net monthly change (thousands)
1989
August 5.8
September 0.2
October -1.1
November 1.1
December 3.2
1990
January -0.6
February 5.9
March -0.5
April -0.8
May -0.3
June -0.7
July 1.4
August -0.8