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Mr. Sillars
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing by region of the United Kingdom the number of jobs in manufacturing and service industries, respectively, in each of the past 10 years to the nearest available date.
Mr. Golding
The following table gives estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in the industries and areas specified. The information is from the continuous series which takes account of
| Thousands | |||||||
| South-East | East Anglia | South-West | |||||
| Manufacturing industries | Service industries | Manufacturing industries | Service industries | Manufacturing industries | Service industries | ||
| June 1968 | … | 2,249 | 4,439 | 178 | 298 | 426 | 795 |
| June 1969 | … | 2,265 | 4,437 | 189 | 310 | 429 | 791 |
| June 1970 | … | 2,231 | 4,456 | 197 | 314 | 442 | 792 |
| June 1971 | … | 2,173 | 4,481 | 190 | 315 | 439 | 805 |
| June 1972 | … | 2,085 | 4,584 | 191 | 328 | 431 | 830 |
| June 1973 | … | 2,037 | 4,719 | 200 | 347 | 441 | 873 |
| June 1974 | … | 2,021 | 4,770 | 205 | 357 | 448 | 883 |
| June 1975 | … | 1,913 | 4,835 | 198 | 373 | 427 | 910 |
| June 1976 | … | 1,851 | 4,830 | 196 | 375 | 420 | 910 |
| June 1977 | … | * | * | * | * | 433 | 925 |
| Thousands | ||||||||
| West Midlands | East Midlands | Yorkshire and Humberside | North-West | |||||
| Manufacturing Industries | Service Industries | Manufacturing Industries | Service Industries | Manufacturing Industries | Service Industries | Manufacturing Industries | Service Industries | |
| June 1968 | 1,131 | 895 | 621 | 564 | 810 | 876 | 1,199 | 1,306 |
| June 1969 | 1,146 | 890 | 635 | 566 | 825 | 873 | 1,199 | 1304 |
| June 1970 | 1,139 | 900 | 637 | 580 | 815 | 879 | 1,186 | 1,294 |
| June 1971 | 1,104 | 905 | 618 | 580 | 777 | 878 | 1,131 | 1,312 |
| June 1972 | 1,058 | 914 | 607 | 601 | 751 | 904 | 1,085 | 1,346 |
| June 1973 | 1,074 | 963 | 613 | 638 | 765 | 933 | 1,086 | 1,386 |
| June 1974 | 1,081 | 971 | 617 | 656 | 764 | 964 | 1,090 | 1,395 |
| June 1975 | 1,021 | 997 | 593 | 682 | 733 | 990 | 1,042 | 1,423 |
| June 1976 | 979 | 1,013 | 587 | 701 | 711 | 996 | 1,006 | 1,425 |
| June 1977 | 997 | 1,007 | 600 | 699 | 721 | 993 | 1,014 | 1,408 |
| Thousands | ||||||||
| North | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | |||||
| Manufacturing Industries | Service Industries | Manufacturing Industries | Service Industries | Manufacturing Industries | Service Industries | Manufacturing Industries | Service Industries | |
| June 1968 | 444 | 551 | 315 | 480 | 699 | 1,039 | 168 | 225 |
| June 1969 | 456 | 555 | 321 | 471 | 714 | 1,044 | 173 | 230 |
| June 1970 | 478 | 562 | 332 | 465 | 708 | 1,049 | 174 | 237 |
| June 1971 | 461 | 559 | 324 | 471 | 669 | 1,051 | 170 | 240 |
| June 1972 | 444 | 575 | 319 | 487 | 643 | 1,069 | 165 | 241 |
| June 1973 | 462 | 595 | 329 | 506 | 657 | 1,104 | 164 | 249 |
| June 1974 | 467 | 593 | 335 | 500 | 676 | 1,125 | 166 | 264 |
| June 1975 | 454 | 629 | 317 | 527 | 637 | 1,155 | 154 | 274 |
| June 1976 | 438 | 635 | 303 | 537 | 608 | 1,179 | 147 | 279 |
| June 1977 | 439 | 642 | 309 | 535 | 613 | 1,183 | ··† | ··† |
| * For June 1977, estimates are not available for the South-East and East Anglia regions separately For the two regions combined the figures were 2,076,000 for manufacturing and 5,207,000 for service industries. | ||||||||
| † Not available. | ||||||||
| The figures for manufacturing industries relate to Orders III to XIX of the Standard Industrial Classification and those for service industries to Orders XXII to XXVII. | ||||||||