§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are employed in the tourist industry in each of the tourist board areas at the latest convenient date; and how this compares with six months previously, 12 months previously and 18 months previously, giving separate figures for the Isle of Wight, and southern tourist areas.
§ Mr. GoldingMy Department's employment statistics are analysed 95W according to the Minimum List Headings of the Standard Industrial Classification. Many of the activities that might be considered part of the tourist industry would represent parts only of the employment recorded under a particular Minimum List Heading, and could not be
Employees in Employment* (Thousands) MLH 884 MLH 885 Tourist Board Area June 1974 June 1975 June 1974 June 1975 Cumbria … … 4.4 4.8 1.5 1.6 East Anglia … … 12.9 13.6 8.4 8.4 East Midlands … … 9.5 9.6 8.1 8.4 Heart of England … … 12.9 12.6 11.0 10.8 London … … 43.3 43.5 38.2 36.6 Northumbria … … 6.6 6.7 5.4 5.5 North-West … … 17.2 18.6 15.6 15.5 South-East England … … 18.2 18.0 10.7 10.9 Southern (excluding Isle of Wight) … … 10.9 11.2 5.3 5.2 Thames and Chilterns … … 7.3 7.3 6.9 7.1 West Counties … … 30.2 31.3 13.3 13.4 Yorkshire and Humberside … … 13.9 14.4 12.4 13.9 Welsh … … 15.5 15.5 7.4 7.4 Scottish … … 46.2 44.5 17.4 17.2 Isle of Wight … … 3.5 3.7 0.6 0.8 252.5 255.4 162.2 162.8 * Excludes employers and self-employed for whom figures are not available.
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the proportion of the population employed in the tourist industry, expressed as a percentage of the working population, for each tourist board area; including, as a separate figure, the Isle of Wight Tourist Board and the Southern Tourist Board.
§ Mr. GoldingMy Department's employment statistics are analysed according to the Minimum List Headings of the Standard Industrial Classification. Many of the activities that might be considered part of the tourist industry would represent parts only of the employment recorded under a particular Minimum List Heading, and could not be identified separately. In addition the precise information requested is not available because estimates of the self-employed, who comprise an important component of the working population, are not complied for tourist board areas. However, the numbers of employees in employment in MLH 884 (Hotels and other Residential Establishments) and MLH 885 (Restaurants, Cafes, Snack Bars) have been shown below as percentages of total
96Widentified separately. However, numbers of employees in employment at June 1974 and June 1975 for MLH 884 (Hotels and other residential Establishments) and MLH 885 (Restaurants, Cafes, Snack Bars) in the areas covered by the Tourist Boards are given below:
employees in employment in each Tourist Board area:
Tourist Board Area Percentage of total employees in employment in 1975 Cumbria 3.5 East Anglia 1.9 East Midlands 1.2 Heart of England 0.9 London 2.1 Northumbria 1.1 North-West 1.3 South-East England 2.4 Southern (excluding Isle of Wight) 2.5 Thames and Chilterns 1.1 West Counties 3.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 1.4 Welsh 2.3 Scottish 3.0 Isle of Wight 11.9