HC Deb 15 July 1977 vol 935 cc299-303W
Mr. Radice

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees were (a) in employment and (b) unemployed in October 1973 and in the latest month for which figures are available in respect of each of the industries covered by Minimum List Headings 102, 103, 274, 461, 462, 463, 464 and 469; how many redundancies took place in each of these industries for the years from 1973 to 1976 respectively, and in 1977 to date; and how long those unemployed after work-

Minimum Employees in employment (000s) Unemployed
List Heading October 1973 April 1977 October 1973 May 1977
274 … … … … 27.3 26.7 669 1,310
461 … … … … 47.9 41.3 1,426 3,084
462 … … … … 57.1 58.2 662 2,156
463 … … … … 73.7 70.3 1,696 3,636
469 … … … … 106.0 80.0 1,705 3,432
June 1973 June 1975
102 … … … … 16.6 16.8 357 640
103 … … … … 19.0 18.8 209 348

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that information about redundancies is not readily available for each individual Minimum List Heading and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Information is available for certain groups of Minimum List Headings and, since January 1976, for certain individual Minimum List Headings. This is set out below:

Year Minimum List Heading Number of redundancies recorded as due to occur
1973 102–109 120
271–279 1,670
461–469 1,200
1974 102–109 80
271–279 2,100
461–469 6,770
1975 102–109 470
271–279 5,880
461–469 9,700
1976 102–109 230
274 80
461 980
462 220
463 990
464 780
469 730
1977 (January-June). 102–109 269*
274 90*
461 590*
462 130*
463 100*
464 40*
469 580*
* Because of late notifications and other changes, these figures are provisional.

ing in each of these industries had been on the register.

Mr. Golding:

The following table gives the information available for employment and unemployment. Employment estimates for Minimum List Headings 102 and 103 are made annually and the latest are for June 1975. For the remaining industries monthly figures are available. They are not adjusted for seasonal variations. For unemployment, the most recent quarterly industrial analysis is for May 1977. Data on duration of unemployment are not available on an industry basis.

Mr. Grylls

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will list the employment office areas in the United Kingdom in which the number of employees working in the following industries forms a substantial part of the total number of people in employment in the area; textiles, shipbuilding and marine engineering; chemicals and allied industries; and aerospace equipment manufacturers and repairers.

Mr. Golding:

Following are the employment office areas in the United Kingdom in which the number of employees working in the industries shown forms a substantial part of the total number of employees in employment in the area:

Textiles—Order VIII of the Standard Industrial Classification

  • Alfreton
  • Alloa
  • Antrim
  • Ashbourne
  • Atherton & Tyldesley
  • Axminster
  • Bacup>
  • Ballynahinch
  • Bamber Bridge
  • Banbridge
  • Basford & Bulwell
  • Batley
  • Belper
  • Biddulph
  • Blackburn

  • Bolton
  • Bradford
  • Brighouse
  • Buxton
  • Caernarvon
  • Carrickfergus
  • Chorley
  • Cleator Moor
  • Colne
  • Congleton
  • Cowdenbeath (Kinross)
  • Crook
  • Darwen
  • Dewsbury
  • Dungannon
  • Elland
  • Farnworth
  • Flint
  • Forfar
  • Galashiels
  • Glossop
  • Golborne
  • Haslingden
  • Hawick/Jedburgh
  • Heanor
  • Hebden Bridge
  • Heywood
  • Hinckley
  • Holywell
  • Horwich
  • Huddersfield
  • Ilkeston
  • Irvine
  • Keighley/Haworth
  • Kidderminster
  • Kilmarnock/Stewarton
  • Leek
  • Leicester
  • Limavady
  • Littleborough
  • Long Eaton
  • Loughborough
  • Lurgan
  • Matlock
  • Middleton
  • Millom
  • Morley
  • Mossley
  • Nelson
  • New Mills
  • Newmilns
  • Newton Heath
  • Newtownards
  • Oakham
  • Padiham
  • Peebles
  • Pontypool
  • Portadown
  • Ramsbottom
  • Rawtenstall
  • Rochdale
  • Royton
  • Sanquhar
  • Seaton Delaval
  • Shaw
  • Sherbome
  • Shipley
  • Skelmersdale
  • Skipton

  • Sowerby Bridge
  • Spen Valley
  • Stalybridge
  • Stanningley
  • Stourport
  • Strabane
  • Sutton-in-Ashfield
  • Tiverton / Cullompton
  • Todmorden
  • Westhoughton
  • Yeadon

Shipbuilding and marine engineering—Order X of the Standing Industrial Classification

  • Barrow-in-Furness
  • Birkenhead
  • Chatham
  • Clydebank
  • Dunfermline
  • Falmouth
  • Govan
  • Greenock
  • Jarrow and Hebburn
  • Partick
  • Plymouth
  • Port Glasgow
  • Portsmouth
  • South Shields
  • South wick-on-Wear
  • Troon
  • Wallsend

Chemicals and allied industries—Order V of the Standard Industrial Classification

  • Alexandria
  • Avonmouth
  • Barnard Castle
  • Barry
  • Bebington
  • Bees ton
  • Billingham
  • Bridgwater
  • Burntisland
  • Bury
  • Cefn Mawr
  • Chapeltown
  • Cheadle
  • Chorley
  • Darwen
  • Ellesmere Port
  • Eston
  • Fleetwood
  • Girvan
  • Gosport
  • Grangemouth
  • Haltwhistle
  • Harrow
  • Hythe (Hants)
  • Irlam
  • Kilwinning
  • Littleborough
  • Llantrisant
  • Maesteg

  • Newton Aycliffe
  • Northwich
  • Oldbury
  • Pontypool
  • Royston (Herts)
  • Runcorn
  • Saltcoats
  • Sandbach
  • Sanquhar
  • Stanford-le-Hope
  • Stowmarket
  • Thetford
  • Ulverston
  • Welwyn Garden City
  • Whitehaven
  • Widnes

Aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing—Minimum List Heading 383 of the Standard Industrial Classification

  • Barnoldswick
  • Blaenavon
  • Blantyre
  • Christchurch
  • Cowes
  • Derby
  • East Kilbride
  • Failsworth
  • Filton
  • Great Harwood
  • Hatfield
  • Hessle
  • Hillington
  • Hucknall
  • Llantwit Major
  • Lytham
  • Stevenage
  • Weston-super-Mare
  • Weybridge
  • Yeadon
  • Yeovil