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Mr. David Watkins
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give an analysis of the unemployed in the Consett travel-to-work area according to the Standard Industrial Classification.
Mr. Alison
The following table gives for May 1982, the last date for which an industrial analysis was made, the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the Consett travel-to-work area who last worked in the industries specified.
| Standard Industrial Classification, 1968 | |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 73 |
| Mining and quarrying | 354 |
| Food, drink and tobacco | 82 |
| Coal and petroleum products | 7 |
| Chemicals and allied industries | 37 |
| Metal manufacture | 1,848 |
| Mechanical engineering | 785 |
| Instrument engineering | — |
| Electrical engineering | 195 |
| Shipbuilding and marine engineering | 12 |
| Vehicles | 63 |
| Metal goods not elsewhere specified | 55 |
| Textiles | 236 |
| Leather, leather goods and fur | 16 |
| Clothing and footwear | 114 |
| Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. | 110 |
| Timber, furniture, etc. | 77 |
| Paper, printing and publishing | 22 |
| Other manufacturing industries | 99 |
| Construction | 914 |
| Gas, electricity and water | 21 |
| Transport and communication | 171 |
| Distributive trades | 445 |
| Insurance, banking, finance and business services | 75 |
| Professional and scientific services | 249 |
| Miscellaneous services | 488 |
| Public administration and defence | 279 |
| Not classified by industry (including school leavers) | 1,247 |
| TOTAL | 8,074 |