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Food Industry

Volume 196: debated on Thursday 17 October 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of people employed in the food industry for each year since 1977.

The Department's estimates of employment are categorised according to the 1980 standard industrial classification. The number of employees in employment in food manufacturing industries in Great Britain were as follows:

Great BritainThousands
June 1977559·3
June 1978554·1
June 1979553·6
June 1980544·4
June 1981514·8
June 1982494·3
June 1983465·9
June 1984454·3
June 1985455·8
June 1986447·5
June 1987449·5
June 1988444·3
June 1989439·7
June 1990436·6
June 1991427·0