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Manufacturing Industry (Statistics)

Volume 21: debated on Monday 29 March 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Industry, further to his written reply dated 3 March, Official Report, c. 143, concerning the number of establishments employing more than 10 workers, whether he will publish information in the Official Report showing the date on which the census was taken, the reduction in the number of establishments since the 1976 census absolutely and as a percentage of the 1976 figure, the corresponding figures for the numbers employed and such information as he has on closures and loss of employment in total or by sector since the census to which he was referring.

United Kingdom Manufacturing Sector Establishments Employing 11 or more
Order; SIC (68)19761979Absolute changePercentage change
EstablishmentsEmployment ThousandsEstablishmentsEmployment ThousandsEstablishmentsEmployment ThousandsEstablishmentsEmployment
III3,973745·53,718716·2-255-29·3-6·4-3·9
IV15334·713733·1-16-1·6-10·5-4·6
V1,679396·71·605394·9-74-1·8-4·4-0·5
VI1,922464·01,829417·4-93-46·6-4·8-10·0
VII7,690876·77,280842·2-410-34·5-5·3-3·9
VIII1,109147·11,120143·111-401·0-2·7
IX2,593694·22,472660·3-121-33·9-4·7-4·9
X596173·8563151·8-33-22·0-5·5-12·7
XI1,572761·61,548747·1-24-14·5-1·5-0·9
XII6,401484·36,221453·4-180-30·9-2·8-6·4
XIII3,384507·43,101443·0-283-64·4-8·4-12·7
XIV74237·566131·8-1-5·7-10·9-15·2
XV4,318385·93,870351·4-448-34·5-10·4-8·9
XVI1,784246·51,653236·8-131-9·7-7·3-3·9
XVII4,276236·03,975212·3-301-23·7-7·0-10·0
XVIII5,304518·25,099495·6-205-22·6-3·9-4·4
XIX2,759328·02,758316·9-1-11·1-0·04-3·4
Total50,2557,037·847,6106,647·3-2,645-390·5-5·3-5·5

Notes:

1 The establishment is the basic reporting unit used for the annual census.

2. Estimates are derived from 1976 and 1979 Annual Census of Production results.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry, further to his reply of 3 March, Official Report, column 143, concerning the number of establishments employing more than 10 workers, whether he will publish information in the Official Report showing the number of establishments employing 500 or more workers and the numbers employed therein, the comparable information for the 1976 census and the percentage change between the two dates and the number of such plants that have closed or that have announced that they will close, since the date of the last census.

United Kingdom Manufacturing Sector Establishments Employing 500 or more
Order; SIC (68)19761979Absolute changePercentage change
EstablishmentsEmployment ThousandsEstablishmentsEmployment ThousandsEstablishmentsEmployment ThousandsEstablishmentsEmployment
III305461·2305457·9-3·3-0·7
IV1720·61719·7-0·9-4·4
V171270·3171278·27·92·9
VI149316·0145279·5-4-36·5-2·7-11·6
VII355447·1347427·4-8-19·7-2·3-4·4
VIII6576·55568·2-10-8·3-15·4-10·8
IX270515·7264489·2-6-26·5-2·2-5·1
X53141·143119·0-10-22·1-18·9-15·7
XI160652·8152644·8-8-8·0-5·0-1·2
XII169166·9149148·7-20-18·2-11·8-10·9
XIII181233·5157201·3-24-32·2-13·2-13·8
XIV31·942·410·533·326·3
XV118124·1120119·52-4·61·7-3·7
XVI98128·794125·4-4-3·3-4·1-2·6

Information provided in the written reply dated 3 March—[Vol. 19, c. 143]—related to the annual census of production for 1979. The following table shows for 1976 and 1979 the numbers of establishments employing 11 or more and corresponding employment estimates, together with the change between these years in absolute and percentage terms. No information is yet available for individual employment size bands showing movements since 1979, and no comprehensive statistics for openings and closures are collected.

The following table shows for 1976 and 1979 numbers of manufacturing establishments employing 500 or more and corresponding employment estimates, together with the change between these years in absolute and percentage terms. No information is yet available for individual employment size bands showing movements since 1979, and no comprehensive statistics for openings and closures are collected.

Order; SIC (68)

1976

1979

Absolute change

Percentage change

Establishments

Employment Thousands

Establishments

Employment Thousands

Establishments

Employment Thousands

Establishments

Employment

XVII4536·84233·7-3-3·113·3-8·4
XVIII170198·7164192·2-6-6·5-3·5-3·3
XIX110145·2112136·42-8·81·8-6·1
Total2,4393,937·12,3413,743·4-98-193·7-4·0-4·9

Notes:

1. The establishment is the basic reporting unit used for the annual census.

2. Estimates are derived from 1976 and 1979 Annual Census of Production results.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry, further to his reply of 3 March, Official Report, column 143, concerning the number of establishments employing more than 10 workers, whether he will publish information in the Official Report showing the number of establishments employing 10 or fewer workers, the comparable figures for 1976 and the percentage change between the two dates and such information as is available to him, indicating the changes which have taken place since the last census.

Annual census of production results show that the number of manufacturing establishments employing fewer than 11 persons rose from approximately 57,000 to 60,000 between 1976 and 1979, an increase of about 3,000 establishments or 5 per cent. The corresponding employment estimates rose from approximately 270,000 to 280,000, an increase of about 10,000 workers, or 4 per cent.These estimates are subject to wide margins or error as establishments employing fewer than 20 persons are generally exempt from the statistical surveys conducted by the business statistics office. Reliable estimates for sectors are not available. No information is yet available for individual employment size bands showing movements since 1979.