§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are employed in the east midlands in the textile or footwear industries; what percentage of the total work force of the east midlands this represents; what is his estimate of the number of people in the east midlands whose jobs depend upon the east midlands textile and footwear industry; if he will express this as a percentage of the total work force; and what the equivalent figures and percentages were in 1979.
§ Mr. Forth[holding answer 3 June 1991]: Estimates of employment at the required level of detail are only available from the census of employment.
The available information is given in the table.
Textiles and Footwear Number Percentage of Civilian Workforce 1981 September1 103,000 5.7 1989 September 75,000 3.9 1 Earliest comparable date.