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Mr. Worthington
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many manufacturing jobs there were in each region of Scotland in June and December of every year since 1979.
Mr. Allan Stewart
[holding answer 11 February 1992]: The information requested is available only from the census of employment which is conducted by the Employment Department. The census of employment is not carried out annually. Information is given in the table for the years in the required period in which a census of employment was conducted.
| Total employees in employment by Scottish region 1981, 1984, 1987, 1989 | ||||
| Region | Manufacturing employees in employment | |||
| 1981 | 1984 | 1987 | 1989 | |
| Borders | 12,940 | 12,610 | 12,260 | 12,010 |
| Central | 31,090 | 22,780 | 23,080 | 23,450 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 12,240 | 11,300 | 10,920 | 11,790 |
| Region | Manufacturing employees in employment | |||
| 1981 | 1984 | 1987 | 1989 | |
| Fife | 39,980 | 35,810 | 32,610 | 32,730 |
| Grampian | 36,780 | 35,230 | 34,130 | 36,220 |
| Highland | 12,410 | 10,220 | 9,020 | 9,680 |
| Lothian | 66,200 | 55,300 | 56,130 | 55,530 |
| Strathclyde | 249,840 | 215,350 | 194,890 | 187,880 |
| Tayside | 37,050 | 32,090 | 31,010 | 31,090 |
| Islands | 3,330 | 2,960 | 2,900 | 2,110 |
| Scotland | 501,790 | 433,690 | 406,950 | 402,480 |