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Textile Industry: Manpower

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated December 2008:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on how many people were employed in the (a) weaving, (b) spinning, (c) dying, (d) finishing and making-up and (e) silk industry sectors of the clothing and textiles industry at the latest date for which figures are available (240416).""Table 1, attached, shows the number of employee jobs in the weaving, spinning, finishing and making-up, and silk industries in Great Britain in 2006.""Estimates of employment are usually provided using the Labour Force Survey. However because of the interest in industrial sector, your question has been answered using the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which provides estimates at the 4-digit Standard Industrial Classification 2003 (SIC03) level.""'The ABI is a business survey which provides estimates of employment according to the number of jobs. The estimates exclude people who are self-employed workers in the industry sectors requested. Please note that dyeing employment estimates cannot be provided separately using 4-digit SIC03, and estimates for the silk industry are also included under weaving and spinning.""As with any sample survey, estimates from the Annual Business Inquiry are subject to margins of uncertainly."

Table 1: Number of employee jobs in selected clothing and textile industries¹, 2006—Great Britain
	Number (thousand)
Weaving²	7
Spinning³	5
Finishing and Making-up4	86
Silk5	3
¹ Using four-digit Standard Industrial Classification 2003 (SIC03)
² The four digit SIC03 codes used are 1721-1725 (which includes weaving of silk).
³ The four digit SIC03 codes used are l711-1717 (which includes spinning of silk).
4 The four digit SIC03 codes used are 1740-1330.
5 The four digit SIC03 codes used are1715 and 1724.
Source:
Annual Business Inquiry

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

485 c206-7W; 240416

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Staff Textiles

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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