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Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what numbers of jobs there have been in (a) footwear and (b) textile industries for each year since 1979; and how many have been lost in each industry in 1989, by month.
Employees in the footwear and textile industries (SIC 80) | ||||
Great Britain | (thousands) | |||
Footwear SIC group 451 | 1989 monthly change | Textiles SIC class 43 | 1989 monthly change | |
June 1979 | 68·8 | — | 371·4 | — |
June 1980 | 65·3 | — | 324·8 | — |
June 1981 | 58·8 | — | 273·0 | — |
June 1982 | 53·5 | — | 256·2 | — |
June 1983 | 51·4 | — | 238·8 | — |
June 1984 | 52·8 | — | 233·5 | — |
June 1985 | 51·1 | — | 234·5 | — |
June 1986 | 51·9 | — | 238·2 | — |
June 1987 | 50·8 | — | 229·0 | — |
June 1988 | 49·5 | — | 231·0 | — |
December 1988 | 48·9 | — | 225·9 | — |
January 1989 | 48·7 | -0·2 | 223·3 | -2·6 |
February 1989 | 48·2 | -0·5 | 219·5 | -3·8 |
March 1989 | 47·7 | -0·5 | 218·6 | -0·9 |
April 1989 | 47-2 | -0·5 | 217·6 | -1·0 |
May 1989 | 46·8 | -0·4 | 216·5 | -1·0 |
June 1989 | 46·6 | -0·2 | 217·8 | 1·3 |
July 1989 | 46·4 | -0·2 | 215·5 | -2·3 |
August 1989 | 45·7 | -0·7 | 215·7 | 0·2 |
September 1989 | 45·3 | -0·4 | 218·1 | 2·5 |
October 1989 | 45·2 | -0·1 | 217·0 | -1·1 |