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Mr. Kevin Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the work force in the Doncaster travel-to-work area were employed in mining in each year since 1987.
Miss Widdecombe
Employment estimates for local areas, including travel-to-work areas, are compiled from the periodic censuses of employment. They cover employees in employment only and exclude the self-employed and members of Her Majesty's forces. The available information from censuses of employment taken in 1987, 1989, and 1991 is given in the following table:
Employees in employment in deep coal mines and opencast coal working1; September of each year. | ||
Doncaster travel-to-work area | ||
Number | Proportion2 (per cent) | |
1987 | 7,400 | 6·3 |
1989 | 6,000 | 5·2 |
1991 | 5,200 | 4·6 |
1 Activity headings 1113 and 1114 of the Standard Industrial Classification 1980. | ||
2 Employees in activity headings 1113 and 1114 as a percentage of the workforce in the travel-to-work area. |