HC Deb 09 July 1996 vol 281 c97W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been(a) the absolute and (b) the percentage change in the number of jobs in United Kingdom manufacturing since 1993; and what are the figures for other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. [35934]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The information requested for the United Kingdom is shown in the following table. OECD comparisons for the period requested are not available.

Employees in manufacturing in the United Kingdom: at March (seasonally adjusted)
1993 1996 Change
000 000 000 per cent.
3,922 3,938 16 0.4

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