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77.
Mr. Speller
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the numbers employed in the catering industry, broken down by the categories of hospitals, armed forces, school, institutional and industrial catering.
Mr. Lee
Figures are not available for the categories specified. The latest available information, which is for December 1987, is as follows:
| Employees in employment | |
| Hotels and catering | 1,077,000 |
| Of which: | |
| Restaurants, snack bars, cafes etc. | 230,000 |
| Public houses and bars | 286,000 |
| Night clubs and licensed clubs | 155,000 |
| Canteens and messes | 136,000 |
| Hotel trade | 257,000 |
| Other tourist etc. accommodation1 | 13,000 |
| 1 This estimate is subject to considerable potential estimation error due to the relatively small number of employees in the industry. | |
Note: The figures are unadjusted for the effects of seasonal variations.