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Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the reduction in employment in manufacturing industry in the principal industrial countries between 1970 and the latest available date in terms of numbers and as a percentage.
Mr. Jim Lester
The latest available data which are shown in the following table relate to employees in manufacturing, that is, they exclude self-employed workers. It is important to note that there are differences between countries in coverage and definitions used in compiling these statistics, and they are therefore not fully comparable.
| EMPLOYEES IN MANUFACTURING | ||
| Changes between 1970 and second quarter 1979 | ||
| Approximate numbers(thousands) | Percentage | |
| France* | -200 | -4 |
| Germany (Federal Republic) | -900 | -11 |
| Japan*† | -600 | -4 |
| United States | +1,600 | +8 |
| United Kingdom | -1,100 | -13 |
| *Not seasonally adjusted. | ||
| †Including self—employed. | ||
| Sources: | ||
| OECD— | ||
| Main Economic Indicators. | ||
| Labour Force Statistics. | ||
| ILO—Bulletin of Labour Statistics. | ||