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Mr. Ernie Ross
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were (a) the numbers employed in manufacturing industry and (b) the numbers expressed as a percentage of the total number of those employed in both 1970 and at the latest
| EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT | ||||||||
| June 1970 | June 1980 (provisional) | |||||||
| Manufacturing industries (000s) | Manufacturing as percentage of all industries and services | Manufacturing industries (0000s) | Manufacturing as percentage of all industries and services | |||||
| South East | … | … | … | 2,231 | 30·5 | 1,761 | 24·4 | |
| East Anglia | … | … | … | 197 | 31·6 | 195 | 28·4 | |
| South West | … | … | … | 442 | 30·9 | 415 | 26·6 | |
| West Midlands | … | … | 1,139 | 50·7 | 916 | 42·4 | ||
| East Midlands | … | … | 637 | 44·2 | 562 | 37·3 | ||
| Yorkshire and Humberside | … | 815 | 41·4 | 657 | 33·7 | |||
| North West | … | … | … | 1,186 | 43·7 | 922 | 35·6 | |
| North | … | … | … | … | 478 | 38·8 | 397 | 32·5 |
| Wales | … | … | … | … | 332 | 34·3 | 281 | 29·0 |
| Scotland | … | … | … | 708 | 34·4 | 555 | 27·4 | |
| Great Britain | … | … | … | 8,164 | 37·1 | 6,660 | 30·4 | |