asked the Secretary of State for Employment, further to his reply dated 12 March, showing employment and unemployment in selected industries, whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing separate figures for males and females.
Since my reply to the hon. Member's question on 12 March, further revisions have been made to the employment estimates and the following table includes this new information. —
| NOVEMBER 1977 | |||||||
Employees in Employment*
| Unemployed
| ||||||
SIC Order
| Males
| Females
| Total
| Males
| Females
| Total
| |
| III | Food, and tobacco | 409,900 | 282,000 | 691,900 | 28,137 | 13,542 | 41,679 |
| IV | Coal and petroleum products | 32,400 | 4,100 | 36,500 | 1,974 | 252 | 2,226 |
| V | Chemicals and allied industries | 312,500 | 124,100 | 436,600 | 12,150 | 4,360 | 16,510 |
| VI | Metal manufacture | 428,100 | 55,500 | 483,600 | 21,755 | 1,953 | 23,708 |
| VII | Mechanical engineering | 779,200 | 144,200 | 923,400 | 34,173 | 5,336 | 39,509 |
| VIII | Instrument engineering | 95,600 | 52,500 | 148,200 | 2,677 | 1,710 | 4,387 |
| IX | Electrical engineering | 472,100 | 279,800 | 751,900 | 17,141 | 10,822 | 27,963 |
| X | Shipbuilding and marine engineering | 161,500 | 12,200 | 173,700 | 8,942 | 387 | 9,329 |
| XI | Vehicles | 659,800 | 91,300 | 751,200 | 18,531 | 2,623 | 21,154 |
| XII | Metal goods not elsewhere specified | 386,900 | 149,300 | 536,200 | 26,987 | 7,235 | 34,222 |
| XIII | Textiles | 255,700 | 215,100 | 470,800 | 17,341 | 9,825 | 27,166 |
| XIV | Leather, leather goods and fur | 22,300 | 17,600 | 40,000 | 2,097 | 1,066 | 3,163 |
| XV | Clothing and footwear | 86,200 | 281,100 | 367,300 | 6,357 | 16,211 | 22,568 |
| XVI | Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. | 197,700 | 61,800 | 259,400 | 10,232 | 2,029 | 12,261 |
| XVII | Timber, furniture, etc. | 204,900 | 48,900 | 253,800 | 12,182 | 2,073 | 14,255 |
| XVIII | Paper, printing and publishing | 357,800 | 171,500 | 529,300 | 12,649 | 5,916 | 18,565 |
| XIX | Other manufacturing industries | 207,500 | 116,300 | 323,800 | 13,031 | 5,676 | 18,707 |
| NOVEMBER 1977 | |||||||
Employees in Employment
| Unemployed†
| ||||||
SIC Order
| Males
| Females
| Total
| Males
| Females
| Total
| |
| III | Food, drink and tobacco | 403,900 | 278,100 | 682,000 | 25,600 | 14,881 | 40,481 |
| IV | Coal and petroleum products | 31,200 | 3,900 | 35,100 | 1,794 | 289 | 2,083 |
| V | Chemicals and allied industries | 313,200 | 124,300 | 437,500 | 10,757 | 4,920 | 15,677 |
| VI | Metal manufacture | 389,600 | 51,800 | 441,500 | 22,014 | 2,380 | 24,394 |
| VII | Mechanical engineering | 744,900 | 136,800 | 881,700 | 31,331 | 5,641 | 36,972 |
| VIII | Instrument engineering | 94,900 | 51,500 | 146,400 | 2,202 | 1,811 | 4,013 |
| IX | Electrical engineering | 467,800 | 272,900 | 740,700 | 14,746 | 10,794 | 25,540 |
| X | Shipbuilding and marine engineering | 146,300 | 12,000 | 158,300 | 10,243 | 432 | 10,675 |
| XI | Vehicles | 650,900 | 91,200 | 742,100 | 16,198 | 2,998 | 19,196 |
| XII | Metal goods not elsewhere specified | 378,100 | 140,600 | 518,600 | 24,497 | 7,653 | 32,150 |
| XIII | Textiles | 234,800 | 199,600 | 434,400 | 15,298 | 10,286 | 25,584 |
| XIV | Leather, leather goods and fur | 20,300 | 16,600 | 36,900 | 1,876 | 1,056 | 2,932 |
| XV | Clothing and footwear | 82,900 | 275,700 | 358,600 | 5,046 | 15,967 | 21,013 |
| XVI | Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. | 192,500 | 57,800 | 250,300 | 8,700 | 2,314 | 11,014 |
| XVII | Timber, furniture, etc. | 204,500 | 49,100 | 253,700 | 9,844 | 2,027 | 11,871 |
| XVIII | Paper, printing and publishing | 360,500 | 179,000 | 539,400 | 10,642 | 5,931 | 16,573 |
| XIX | Other manufacturing industries | 197,100 | 113,200 | 310,300 | 12,014 | 5,761 | 17,775 |
| * Provisional. | |||||||
| † The unemployment figures for November 1979 are not strictly comparable with those for November 1977 because of the introduction, in September 1979, of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. This had the effect of raising the monthly figures for all unemployed in Great Britain by about 20,000. Estimates by industry are not available. | |||||||
asked the Secretary of State for Employment, further to his reply dated 12 March showing employment and unemployment in selected industries, whether he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the total reduction in employment and unemployment in absolute and percentage terms, together with his assessment of where the persons concerned have gone.
Since my reply to the hon. Member's question on 12 March, further revisions have been made to the employment estimates and the changes for employment shown in the following table are based on this new information. It is not possible to say with any precision exactly where those who haves left manufacturing industries have gone. However, service industries employment increased by about 310,000 (60,000 males and 250,000 females) between September 1977 and September 1979 (the latest date for which figures are available) and information from household surveys indicates that the number of men retiring early has been increasing in recent years.Following is the revised information:
| CHANGES BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1977 AND NOVEMBER 1979 | |||||||
Employees in Employment*
| Unemployed†
| Employees in Employment* plus the unemployed†
| |||||
SIC Order
| Absolute change
| Percentage change
| Absolute change
| Percentage change
| Absolute change
| Percentage change
| |
| III | Food, drink and tobacco | -9,900 | -1·4 | -1,198 | -2·9 | -11,100 | -1·5 |
| IV | Coal and petroleum products | -1,400 | -3·8 | -143 | -6·4 | -1,500 | -4·0 |
| V | Chemicals and allied industries | +900 | +0·2 | -833 | -5·0 | +100 | 0·0 |
| VI | Metal manufacture | -42,100 | -8·7 | +686 | +2·9 | -41,400 | -8·2 |
| VII | Mechanical engineering | -41,700 | -4·5 | -2,537 | -6·4 | -44,200 | -4·6 |
| VIII | Instrument engineering | -1,800 | -1·2 | -374 | -8·5 | -2,200 | -1·4 |
| IX | Electrical engineering | -11,200 | -1·5 | -2,423 | -8·7 | -13,600 | -1·7 |
| X | Shipbuilding and marine engineering | +15,400 | -8·9 | +1,346 | +14·4 | -14,100 | -7·7 |
| XI | Vehicles | +9,100 | -1·2 | -1,958 | -9·3 | -11,100 | -1·4 |
| XII | Metal goods not elsewhere specified | +17,600 | -3·3 | -2,072 | -61 | -19,700 | -3·4 |
| XIII | Textiles | +36,400 | -7·7 | -1,582 | -5·8 | -38,000 | -7·6 |
| XIV | Leather, leather goods and fur | +3,100 | -7·8 | -231 | -7·3 | -3,300 | -7·7 |
| XV | Clothing and footwear | +8,700 | -2·4 | -1,555 | -6·9 | -10,300 | -2·6 |
| XVI | Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. | +9,100 | -3·5 | -1,247 | -10·2 | -10,300 | -3·8 |
| XVII | Timber, furniture, etc. | +100 | — | -2,384 | -16·7 | -2,500 | -0·9 |
| XVIII | Paper, printing and publishing | +10,100 | +1·9 | -1,992 | -10·7 | +8,100 | +1·5 |
| XIX | Other manufacturing industries | +13,500 | -4·2 | -932 | -50 | -14,400 | -4·2 |
| All manufacturing industries | +210,100 | -2·9 | -19,429 | -5·8 | -229,500 | -3·1 | |
| * Provisional. | |||||||
| † The unemployment figures for November 1979 are not strictly comparable with those for November 1977 because of the introduction, in September 1979, of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. This had the effect of raising the monthly figures for all unemployed in Great Britain by about 20,000. Estimates by industry are not available. | |||||||