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Construction Industry

Volume 407: debated on Monday 16 June 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people were (a) employed and (b) self-employed in the construction industry in England and Wales in (i) 1973, (ii) 1978, (iii) 1983, (iv) 1988 and (v) each year from 1990 to 2002. [118825]

I have been asked to reply.The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Alan Hurst dated 16 June 2003:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question (198) about how many people were (a) employed and (b) self-employed in the construction industry in England and Wales in (i) 1973, (ii) 1978, (iii) 1983, (iv) 1988 and (v) in each of the years from 1992 to 2002.
The information requested on employee jobs in construction is set out below. Data for England and Wales are not available for 1973 and 1978.

England and Wales employee jobs in construction 1983–2002

Thousands

June 19831,013
June 19881,043
June 1992883
June 1993808
June 1994795
June 1995784
June 1996771
June 1997835
June 1998948
June 1999947
June 20001,010
June 20011,011
June 2002977

The table below shows the number of self-employment jobs in construction in Great Britain (separate figures for England and Wales are not available). The relevant data are only available under the current Standard Industrial Classification (1992) from 1994.

GB self-employment jobs in construction 1994–2002

Thousands

June 1994757
June 1995766
June 1996770
June 1997677
June 1998625
June 1999618
June 2000608
June 2001619
June 2002665