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asked the Paymaster General if he will provide for (a) each English region, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, his estimate of the numbers employed in June 1979 and in June 1986 in the following industries or sectors, and if he will estimate the percentage fall or rise since June 1979 in (a) shipbuilding and ship repair, (b) steel, (c) coal, (d) textiles, (e) electrical, instrument and electronic engineering (f) construction, (g) vehicles and (h) information technology, telecommunications and data processing.
With the exception of the construction industry, estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in the industries specified in the English regions, Scotland and Wales are available only from
| Table 2 | |||||||||
| Employees in employment: percentage changes between September 1981 and September 1984 | |||||||||
| South East | East Anglia | South West | |||||||
| 1981 | 1984 | Net change Per cent. | 1981 | 1984 | Net change Per cent. | 1981 | 1984 | Net change Per cent. | |
| Shipbuilding and repairing [3610] | 23,700 | 14,600 | -38 | 3,100 | 2,800 | -10 | 18,700 | 20,200 | +8 |
| Steel1 [2210, 2220, 223] | 11,200 | 8,600 | -23 | 1,200 | 700 | -42 | 1,500 | 1,500 | — |
| Coal extraction [1113, 1114] | 4,000 | 3,600 | -10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Textiles [43] | 13,100 | 10,200 | -22 | 1,400 | 1,900 | +36 | 5,700 | 5,200 | -9 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering instrument engineering [34, 37] | 326,300 | 291,400 | -11 | 22,600 | 23,500 | +4 | 50,800 | 54,400 | +7 |
| Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof [35] | 102,200 | 85,900 | -16 | 5,100 | 4,400 | -14 | 9,400 | 6,300 | - 33 |
| Telecommunications and computer services2. [7902, 8394] | 148,500 | 159,600 | +7 | 9,200 | 13,200 | +43 | 19,900 | 22,000 | + 11 |
| Note—The figures in brackets denote the class or activity heading of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification. | |||||||||
| 1 Iron and steel industry, Steel tubes and Drawing, cold rolling and cold forming of steel. | |||||||||
| 2 Information technology is not separately identified. | |||||||||
| Table 2—continued | |||||||||
| Employees in employment percentage changes between September 1981 and September 1984 | |||||||||
| West Midlands | East Midlands | Yorkshire and Humberside | |||||||
| 1981 | 1984 | Net change Per cent. | 1981 | 1984 | Net change Per cent. | 1981 | 1984 | Net change Per cent. | |
| Shipbuilding and repairing [3610] | 500 | 500 | — | 600 | 500 | -17 | 2,700 | 2,600 | -4 |
| Steel1 [2210, 2220, 223] | 30,900 | 22,500 | -27 | 11,300 | 7,400 | -35 | 49,100 | 34,000 | -31 |
| Coal extraction [1113, 1114] | 22,100 | 19,200 | -13 | 66,500 | 56,200 | -15 | 78,800 | 64,600 | -18 |
| Textiles [43] | 13,000 | 12,200 | -6 | 80,500 | 72,400 | -10 | 57,400 | 47.600 | -17 |
censuses of employment. For other dates the survey sample is not large enough to provide reliable estimates other than for Great Britain.
Table 1 gives, for the areas specified, estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in the construction industry at June 1979 and June 1986, and the net percentage changes between the two dates.
Table 2 gives, for the same areas, the numbers of employees in employment in the other industries specified at September 1984 (the most recent date for which a census of employment was held) and September 1981 (the date of the previous census of employment, and the earliest date for which comparable figures are available).
It also gives the net percentage changes between the two dates. The estimates are subject to considerable potential error due to the relatively small number of employees in the industries in each region, Scotland and Wales.
Table 1
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Employees in Employment: Percentage Change in the Construction Industry Between June 1979 and June 1986
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June 1979
| June 1986
| Percentage Change
| |
| South East | 361,000 | 287,000 | -20 |
| East Anglia | 41,000 | 37,000 | -10 |
| South West | 85,000 | 64,000 | -25 |
| West Midlands | 100,000 | 88,000 | -12 |
| East Midlands | 69,000 | 60,000 | -13 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 110,000 | 88,000 | -20 |
| North West | 134,000 | 110,000 | -18 |
| North | 83,000 | 56,000 | -33 |
| Wales | 62,000 | 42,000 | -32 |
| Scotland | 155,000 | 134,000 | -14 |
West Midlands
| East Midlands
| Yorkshire and Humberside
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1981
| 1984
| Net change Per cent
| 1981
| 1984
| Net change Per cent
| 1981
| 1984
| Net change Per cent
| |
| Electrical and electronic engineering instrument engineering [34, 37] | 100,600 | 84,900 | -16 | 40,700 | 36,300 | - 11 | 29,600 | 25,000 | -16 |
| Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof [35] | 114,800 | 84,400 | -26 | 10,200 | 8,800 | -14 | 12,300 | 15,000 | +22 |
| Telecommunication and computer service2 [7902, 8394] | 25,400 | 26,600 | +5 | 10,200 | 12,400 | +22 | 15,300 | 17,000 | +11 |
Note—The figures in brackets denote the class or activity heading of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification. | |||||||||
1 Iron and steel industry, Steel tubes and Drawing, cold rolling and cold forming of steel. | |||||||||
2 Information technology is not separately identified. | |||||||||
Employees in employment: Percentage changes between September 1981 and September 1984
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North West
| North
| Wales
| Scotland
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1981
| 1984
| Net change per cent.
| 1981
| 1984
| Net change per cent. | 1981
| 1984
| Net change per cent.
| 1981
| 1984
| Net change per cent.
| |
| Shipbuilding + repairing [3610] | 5,300 | 2,900 | -45 | 33,900 | 20,900 | -38 | 900 | 700 | -22 | 31,200 | 22,200 | -29 |
| Steel1 [2210, 2220, 223] | 9,700 | 6,500 | -33 | 23,500 | 13,800 | -41 | 29,800 | 25,500 | -14 | 19,800 | 12,500 | -37 |
| Coal extraction [1113, 1114] | 10,600 | 8,600 | -19 | 38,600 | 31,300 | -19 | 34,600 | 28,500 | -18 | 23,700 | 16,900 | -29 |
| Textiles [43] | 52,700 | 40,700 | -23 | 8,600 | 8,300 | -3 | 4,000 | 3,600 | -10 | 38,600 | 32,900 | -15 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering instrument engineering [34, 37] | 80,200 | 73,500 | -8 | 40,300 | 35,100 | -13 | 31,700 | 28,300 | -11 | 52,600 | 51,400 | -2 |
| Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof [35] | 53,300 | 41,700 | -22 | 7,100 | 6,000 | -15 | 19,400 | 14,000 | -28 | 11,300 | 6,800 | -40 |
| Telecommunications and computer services2 [7902, 8394] | 23,300 | 23,400 | — | 8,400 | 8,800 | + 5 | 8,400 | 10,100 | + 20 | 20,500 | 18,400 | -10 |
| Note: | ||||||||||||
| The figures in brackets denote the class or activity heading of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification. | ||||||||||||
1 Iron and Steel Industry, Steel tubes and Drawing, cold rolling and cold forming of steel. | ||||||||||||
2 Information technology is not separately identified. | ||||||||||||
asked the Paymaster General if he will publish a table showing the most recent rates of unemployment in (a) all travel-to-work areas receiving regional development grants, (b) all travel-to-work areas receiving only regional selective no assistance, (c) travel-to-work areas which receive no assistance but have rates higher than any in (a) and (b), and (d) travel-to-work areas which receive no assistance but have rates within 2 per cent. of any in (a) and (b).
[pursuant to his reply, 15 January 1987, c. 245–48]: I regret that in my previous reply there were four areas omitted from the tables requested.The information omitted was from table A and is as follows:
| Unemployed claimants in travel-to-work areas having development area status—11 December 1986 | ||
| Number | Rate | |
| Irvine | 11,819 | 24·9 |
| Greenock | 9,955 | 20·5 |
| Kilmarnock | 5,579 | 17·6 |
| Glasgow | 113,135 | 17·2 |