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Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 27 February 2008:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on the ten job classifications which have shown the greatest (a) growth (b) decline in employment in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Nottingham North constituency since 1997. I am replying in her absence. (188513)
The Office for National Statistics compiles employment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation definitions.
Table 1 attached provides estimates of total employment for people resident in the. UK and in the Nottingham North Parliamentary constituency, by occupation. The figures provided are for the twelve months ending February 2002 and for the latest period, the twelve months ending March 2007. The source data used is the APS, using Standard Occupational Classification 2000 (SOC2000), The twenty-five occupational classifications are ranked according to the largest positive change in Nottingham North. Data prior to 2002 are classified using Standard Occupational Classification 1990 (SOC90). Consequently it is not possible to provide a consistent time series for the period requested.
Since these estimates are for a subset of the population in a small geographical area, they are based on small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty. In this case, for the Nottingham North, the sample sizes are not sufficient to give accurate estimates in all instances.
Thousand UK Nottingham North March 2001 to February 2002 April 2006 to March 2007 Net change 2002 to 2007 March 2001 to February 2002 April 2006 to March 2007 Net change 2002 to 2007 61 Caring personal service occupations 1,499 1,733 234 3 4 1 82 Transport and mobile machine drivers/operatives 1,035 1,087 52 2 3 1 41 Administrative occupations 2,755 2,585 -170 3 4 1 71 Sales occupations 1,847 1,791 -56 2 3 1 92 Elementary administration and service occs 2,275 2,285 10 5 5 0 32 Health and social welfare assoc. professional 893 1,088 195 1 2 0 12 Managers/proprietors in agriculture/services 849 849 -1 1 1 0 54 Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 618 531 -87 1 1 0 72 Customer service occupations 327 378 50 1 1 0 62 Leisure and other personal service occs 505 551 46 1 1 0 53 Skilled construction and building trades 1,010 1,122 112 2 1 0 11 Corporate Managers 2,933 3,398 465 2 2 0 31 Science and technology associate professionals 537 495 -42 1 1 0 35 Business and public service assoc. professional 1.383 1,516 133 2 1 -1 81 Process, plant and machine operatives 1,263 969 -293 3 2 -1 52 Skilled metal and electronic trades 1,347 1,183 -164 3 2 -1 21 Science and technology professionals 961 1,015 54 2 1 -1 91 Elementary trades, plant and storage related 1,017 961 -56 3 1 -1 24 Business and public service professionals 801 960 159 * * * 23 Teaching and research professionals 1,182 1,358 175 * * * 34 Culture, media and sports occupations 545 618 73 * 1 * 51 Skilled agricultural trades 283 303 20 * * * 33 Protective service occupations 314 311 -3 * * * 42 Secretarial and related occupations 943 826 -117 * * * 22 Health professionals 259 327 68 * * * * Sample size too small to provide an estimate 1 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC2000) 2 Parliamentary Constituencies 2005 Revision Notes: 1. As with any sample survey, estimates from the Annual Population Survey are subject to a margin of uncertainty. 2. APS figures are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003 which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates as used in the Labour Market Statistics. 3. At the two digit SOC2000 level therefore twenty-five classification groups. 4. All 25 occupational classification groups are provided, ranked according to the largest positive change in Nottingham North. Source: Annual Population Survey