§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people were employed in the garment industry in the United Kingdom(a) in the last 12 months in which figures are available, (b) in 1979 and (c) in 1992. [106922]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonThe information is available in the following table:
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United Kingdom employee jobs—Wearing Apparel Monthly data Thousand 1979 June 317.3 1992 June 165.3 1998 November 139.8 December 137.2 1999 January 136.2 February 132.8 March 130.2 April 127.2 May 125.5 June 124.5 July 123.2
United Kingdom employee jobs—Wearing Apparel Monthly data Thousand August 121.9 September 120.4 October 120.6 Notes:
1. Comprises Standard Industrial Classification division 18—manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing and dyeing of fur
2. Rounded to thousands
3. Not seasonally adjusted
Source:
Office for National Statistics
UK imports of soya from countries other than the USA £000 SITC/CN and description 1996 1997 1998 January to September 1999 08131 Oil cake and residues of soya beans 231,866 210,606 166,801 109,028 22220 Soya beans 124,461 104,795 88,509 54,706 120810000 Flours and meals of soya beans 3,903 16,070 9,370 596 42111 Crude soya bean oil 17,405 10,711 8,728 3,762 42119 Refined soya bean oil 19,971 24,926 26,094 10,091 Total 397,606 367,108 299,502 178,183 Source:
Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, HM Customs and Excise