HC Deb 06 May 1968 vol 764 cc14-9W
57. and 58. Mr. Mackintosh

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity (1) what are the numbers employed in manufacturing industry, in all service industries and in the hotel and catering industry in all the employment exchange areas, and sub-areas listed in Schedule 17 to the Finance Bill, and in the Dunbar, North Berwick, Haddington, Tranent and Galashiels employment exchange areas or sub-areas;

(2) what is the ratio of those employed in manufacturing industry to the total in employment in all the employment exchange areas and sub-areas listed in Schedule 17 to the Finance Bill, and in the Dunbar, North Berwick, Haddington, Tranent and Galashiels areas or subareas.

Mr. Hattersley

Following is the information:

Only broad estimates of the numbers of employees in individual industries in local areas can be provided. The following table gives (a) the estimated numbers of employees (employed and unemployed) in manufacturing industries; (b) the percentage which this forms of the total of employees; (c) the estimated number of employees in the hotel and catering

ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED) AT MID-1966 IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (ORDERS III TO XVI OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION), CATERING, HOTELS, ETC. (MINIMUM LIST HEADING 884) AND IN SELECTIVE EMPLOYMENT TAX BEARING INDUSTRIES (ORDER XVII; MLH. 709 IN ORDER XIX; ORDER XX; ORDER XXI; MLH. 871; MLH. 873 AND MLH. 879 IN ORDER XXII; AND ORDER XXIII) AND THE PERCENTAGES THAT THOSE IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES FORM OF EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED) IN ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES, IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS LISTED IN SCHEDULE 17 TO THE FINANCE BILL AND CERTAIN OTHER AREAS
Employees in Manufacturing Industry
Number rounded to the nearest hundred Percentage rounded to the nearest whole number Number of Employees in Hotels, Catering, etc. Rounded to the nearest hundred Number of Employees Tax-Bearing Industry Rounded to the nearest hundred
(a) In the Northern Development Area—
Alnwick 800 10 500 3,100
Amble 100 4 1,400
Barnard Castle Sub-Office 1,100 29 1,300
Berwick-on-Tweed 1,400 18 300 3,000
Cleator Moor 1,800 33 100 1,500
Cockermouth 1,600 37 100 1,500
Crook 3,700 41 100 2,200
Grange-over-Sands Sub-Office 100 4 200 900
Haltwhistle 1,000 34 800
Hexham 1,000 11 400 3,600
Kendal 6,300 31 1,500 8,200
Keswick 200 7 700 1,700
Malton 1,100 19 100 2,300
Middleton-in-Teesdale Sub-Office Included in Barnard Castle
Millom 1,500 44 100 700
Morpeth 700 7 200 2,700
Northallerton 1,000 10 200 3,900
Penrith 2,000 19 600 4,300
Pickering 1,300 24 300 1,900
Prudhoe 800 24 100 1,000
Richmond 200 3 500 3,500
Scarborough 3,100 14 3,600 13,300
Thirsk 1,000 18 200 1,800
Ulverston 2,600 37 300 1,900
Whitby 400 8 500 2,500
(b) In the Scottish Development Area—
Banchory 100 4 400 1,300
Banff 400 10 100 1,500
Blairgowrie 1,200 23 200 1,900
Buckie 800 20 100 1,400
Campbeltown 600 14 200 1,800
Castle Douglas 800 13 300 2,200
Crieff 300 9 400 1,800
Dingwall 900 12 400 3,500
Dumfries 5,300 23 800 8,400
Dunoon 300 7 600 2,300
Elgin 2,800 22 500 5,300
Eyemouth 900 16 100 1,600
Forres 500 9 700 3,000
Fort William 1,900 29 500 2,900
Girvan 700 21 300 1,200
Helensburgh 700 12 300 3,600
Huntly (including Keith Sub-Office) 1,700 25 200 2,200

industry and (d) the estimated number of employees in Selective Employment Tax-bearing industries, at June, 1966, the latest date for which local estimates are available. Numbers given are rounded to the nearest 100, and percentages to the nearest whole number. The figures for tax-bearing industries are the best estimates which can be given of employment in these industries, which are not entirely the same as those generally recognised as service industries for statistical purposes.

Employees in Manufacturing Industry
Number rounded to the nearest hundred Percentage rounded to the nearest whole number Number of Employees in Hotels, in Hotels, Catering, etc Rounded to the nearest hundred Number of Employees in Tax-Bearing Industry the nearest hundred
Invergordon Included in Dingwall
Inverness 1,900 9 1,900 10,800
Jedburgh Sub-Office 1,100 21 100 1,800
Kelso Sub-Office Included in Jedburgh
Kirkwall 300 7 200 2,100
Lerwick 900 18 200 2,000
Lochgilphead 100 2 200 1,000
Lossiemouth Included in Elgin
Nairn Included in Forres
Newton Stewart 800 23 100 1,100
Oban 500 6 1,200 4,700
Perth 4,300 16 1,300 12,800
Pitlochry 100 4 700 1,900
Portree 5 200 600
Rothesay 200 7 400 1,600
Sanquhar 300 17 400
Stirling 4,600 19 1,600 10,000
Stornoway 1,300 24 200 2,400
Stranraer 700 13 300 2,400
Thurso 400 6 300 4,500
Wick 500 7 500 2,900
(c) In the Welsh Development Area—
Aberystwyth 300 5 400 3,000
Amlwch 200 7 100 3,000
Bangor 1,400 15 300 3,600
Beaumaris 70052 100 500
Bethesda 200 17 400
Blaenau Ffestiniog 100 5 100 900
Brecon 300 6 200 1,900
Caernarvon 2,800 34 400 2,500
Cardigan 100 3 100 1,800
Carmarthen 600 6 200 3,200
Conway Separate figures are not available
Crickhowell Branch Office 100 16 300
Denbigh 700 11 200 2,200
Fishguard 200 6 800
Haverfordwest 300 4 200 3,000
Holyhead 1,100 19 300 2,000
Lampeter 300 15 700
Llandeilo Sub-Office 500 17 100 1,000
Llandovery Sub-Office Included in Llandeilo
Llandrindod Wells 600 13 200 1,500
Llandyssul 400 19 100 800
Llangifni 500 15 100 1,400
Llangollen 400 19 200 1,000
Llanrwst 800 35 200 700
Machynlleth 100 7 100 400
Milford Haven 1,000 20 100 2,300
Newtown 1,500 27 47 2,000
Pembroke Dock 1,000 17 200 3,200
Penmaenmawr 300 23 32 400
Penygroes 200 24 200
Portmadoc 800 27 300 1,300
Pwllheli 200 3 2,700 4,600
Tenby 1 600 1,900
Welshpool 500 10 200 1,900
(d) In the South Western Development Area—
Barnstaple 2,000 13 1,000 8,000
Bideford 1,900 22 600 3,800
Bude Sub-Office 200 4 300 1,900
Camborne 6,700 40 100 5,000
Camelford 900 14 300 2,300
Falmouth 2,500 26 700 4,400
Helston 100 3 200 2,100
Ilfracombe 100 3 1,200 2,500
Liskeard 400 7 600 2,900

Employees in Manufacturing Industry
Number rounded to the nearest hundred Percentage rounded to the nearest whole number Number of Employees in Hotels, Catering, etc. Rounded to the nearest hundred Number of Employees in Tax-Bearing Industry Rounded to the nearest hundred
Looe Included in Liskeard
Newquay 200 2 2,900 6,000
Penzance 1,1000 8 1,800 7,500
Redruth Included in Camborne
St. Austell 3,000 14 800 6,200
St. Ives Included in Penzance
Truo 900 8 700 5,000
Wadebridge 100 4 300 1,600
Largs Separate figures are not available for the islands comprised in these employment exchange areas.
Ardrossan
Durbar Included in Haddington
North Berwick 100 6 300 1,100
Haddington 2,000 27 200 2,200
Tranent 200 8 100 1,200
Galashiels 5,400 39 300 4,200