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Dr. David Clark
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.
Mr. Jackson
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 Britain | Thousands |
June 1977 | 559·3 |
June 1978 | 554·1 |
June 1979 | 553·6 |
June 1980 | 544·4 |
June 1981 | 514·8 |
June 1982 | 494·3 |
June 1983 | 465·9 |
June 1984 | 454·3 |
June 1985 | 455·8 |
June 1986 | 447·5 |
June 1987 | 449·5 |
June 1988 | 444·3 |
June 1989 | 439·7 |
June 1990 | 436·6 |
June 1991 | 427·0 |