Tobacco Industries

Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in the tobacco industries in each standard region (a) in 1979, (b) in 1985, (c) in 1990 and (d) currently.

Mr. McLoughlin
Information for the tobacco industry is only available for census of employment dates. The available information is in the table: ---------------------------------------
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|Standard region                      |
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|South east (including Greater London)|
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|Greater London                       |
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|East Anglia                          |
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|South West                           |
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|West Midlands                        |
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|East Midlands                        |
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|Yorkshire and Humberside             |
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|North West                           |
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|North                                |
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|1                                    |
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|1                                    |||
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