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Mr. McMaster
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the percentage of total employment within Renfrewshire in each sector in (a) 1975, (b) 1980, (c) 1985 and (d) 1990.
Mr. Allan Stewart
[holding answer, 27 February 1992]: Available data from the Employment Department's census of employment relate to the years 1975, 1981, 1984 and 1989. For each of these years, the percentage of employees in employment in each sector in Renfrew district is shown in the table:
| Percentage | |||
| 1981 | 1984 | 1989 | |
| 1980 Standard Industrial Classification Sector: | |||
| Agriculture | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Energy and Water Supply | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Manufacturing | 42 | 52 | 33 |
| Construction | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| Services | 38 | 40 | 58 |
| Percentage | ||
| 1975 | 1981 | |
| 1968 Standard Industrial Classification Sector: | ||
| Primary Production | 0 | 0 |
| Manufacturing Industry | 57 | 43 |
| Construction | 21 | 18 |
| Service Industries | 22 | 38 |
| 1 Indicates figure unable to be provided due to the very small number of census units. | ||