HC Deb 16 February 1973 vol 850 cc440-2W
Mr. Denzil Davies

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many new jobs in manufacturing industries were created in Carmarthenshire for each year from 1962 to 1972, inclusive; and how many similar jobs were lost in each year during the same period;

(2) how many new jobs in the service industries were created in Carmarthen-shire for each year from 1962 to 1972, inclusive; and how many similar jobs were lost in each year during the same period.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

Precise information about jobs created and jobs lost is not available, but an indication of net changes can be obtained by comparing the levels of employment over the period.

The following table gives estimates for June 1962, June 1969 and June 1971, the latest date for which figures are available. The employment estimates for local areas are subject to sampling and other errors and little significance can therefore be attached to small variations from one year to another.

(thousands)
Manufacturing Industries Service Industries
June 1962 14.3 20.7
June 1969(a) 18.9 19.1
June 1969(b) 19.0 19.1
June 1971 18.3 17.9

The estimates for 1962 and 1969(a) are analysed according to the 1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification. The estimates for 1969(b) and 1971

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Applications for Severance at 12th February 1973 Number of Supplementary workers at 12th February 1973 N.D.L.B. recorded daily labour shortage/surplus figures for local board areas for 12th February 1973* Outstanding demands for labour agreed by local boards as at 12th February 1973†
Shortage Surpluses
Tyne and Wear 204 63 30 33 4
Middlesbrough and Hartlepools 153 330 12 5 35
Hull and Goole 356 24 84
Grimsby and Immingham 271 83 81 47
Wash Ports 32 20 9
East Anglia 29 24 5 18
London 2,507 69 198
Med way and Swale 45 48 10 52
South Coast 317 535 308 330
Plymouth 20 13 1 7
Cornwall 16 9 21 8
Bristol and Severn 163 144 180 9 52
South Wales 226 63 18 200 55
Merseyside 2,819 527 7 35
Manchester 350 486 58
Preston 129 29 30
Fleetwood 39 30 62 44
Cumberland and Barrow 29 34 13 27 10
Ayrshire 31 14 3 6
Clyde 382 470 6 30
Aberdeen 114 60 182 35
East Scotland 272 93 76 12 71
Totals 8,504 1,563 2,178 1,019 927
* Local board areas may cover two or more ports within daily travelling distance—columns (3)-(4) fluctuate widely according to operational requirements and manpower availability.
† National Dock Labour Board has statutory responsibility for determining the size of the register of dock workers in the light of agreed demands by local boards.

are analysed according to the 1968 edition. The industry groups shown are:

1958 1968
SIC SIC
Manufacturing industries Orders III to XVI Orders III to XIX
Service industries Orders XIX to XXIV Orders XXII to XXVII

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