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David Davis
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people were employed in the manufacturing sector in the East Riding of Yorkshire in each year since 1997. [105195]
Alan Johnson
The Annual Business Inquiry (employee analysis) gives the following information on the number of people employed within the manufacturing sector in the East Riding of Yorkshire:
| Year | Number of employees |
| 1998 | 22,434 |
| 1999 | 21,181 |
| 2000 | 20,536 |
| 2001 | 18,314 |
Source:
ONS, Annual Business Inquiry
RDA and internet website address
| 1999–2000
| 2000–01
| 2001–02
|
| Advantage West Midlands (www.advantagewm.co.uk) | 365 | 312 | -40 |
| East of England Development Agency (www.eeda.org.uk) | -47 | 193 | 703 |
| East Midlands Development Agency (www.emd.org.uk) | 822 | 258 | -239 |
| Northwest Development Agency (www.nwda.co.uk) | -3223 | 3,889 | 4,327 |
| One North East (www.onenortheast.co.uk) | 1,091 | 1,154 | 2,213 |
| South East England Development Agency (www.seeda.co.uk) | 681 | 0 | 0 |
| South West of England Regional Development Agency (www.southwestrda.org.uk) | -183 | 131 | 130 |
| Yorkshire Forward (www.yorkshire-forward.com) | -255 | 692 | -2,719 |