asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost between 1970 and the present date in the United Kingdom in the paper and board industry.

[pursuant to his reply, 21 March 1980, c. 341]: Precise information about job gains and job losses is not available, but an indication of the net change can be seen by comparing the levels of employees in employment at different dates. Between June 1970 and June 1979 it is provisionally estimated that the number of people employed in the paper and board industries—minimum list headings 481 to 484 of the Standard Industrial Classification—decreased by 42,000.