HC Deb 25 January 1994 vol 236 c223W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in the slaughter industry in each year since 1985.

Miss Widdecombe

Information on employment in the slaughter industry is available only from the periodic censuses of employment and is as follows:

Number of employees in employment in the slaughter industry1 in Great Britain, September of each year
Year Number
1984 90,200
1987 92,500
1989 91,800
1991 95,100
1 Group 412 of the standard industrial classification 1980.