§ Mr. Thorntonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish, figures for the working population in England and Wales, employed in the in-
Thousands Coal mining Steel Shipbuilding and marine engineering Railways (MLH 101) (MLHs 311 and 312) (MLH 370) (MLH 701) 1959 … … 665 307 192 375 1960 … … 611 330 182 360 1961 … … 581 342 176 361 1962 … … 566 320 172 355 1963 … … 547 321 157 335 1964 … … 526 336 151 317 1965 … … 497 340 150 294 1966 … … 456 334 149 271 1967 … … 435 317 146 256 1968 … … 382 312 140 239 1969 … … 342 313 137 217 1970 … … 321 314 135 212 1971 … … 310 295 138 216 1972 … … 297 275 133 220 1973 … … 284 272 133 201 1974 … … 271 268 132 198 1975 … … 274 271 131 206 1976 … … 270 257 133 198 Corresponding information for Greater London and the metropolitan counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West
Coal mining Steel Shipbuilding and marine engineering Railways (MLH 101) (MLHs 311 and 312) (MLH 370) (MLH 701) 1971 … … 126.9 (5.9) 121.7 (0.2) 50.7 (12.8) 107.9 (6.0) 1972 … … 120.5 (5.7) 109.2 (0.2) 45.8 (9.6) 109.6 (6.2) 1973 … … 116.8 (5.4) 107.3 (0.2) 44.8 (8.5) 102.2 (5.5) 1974 … … 112.2 (5.2) 104.4 (0.3) 45.3 (8.9) 98.8 (5.1) 1975 … … 112.5 (5.3) 102.3 (0.3) 45.1 (9.2) 105.0 (5.4) 1976 … … 111.3 (5.2) 98.6 (0.3) 46.0 (8.8) 101.8 (5.2) The following table gives the available published information for the other countries. Definitions and coverage of these figures will differ to some extent from 268W dustries of coal mining, steel, railways and shipbuilding for(a) the United Kingdom,(b) the metropolitan areas, including the Greater London Council,(c) Merseyside, for each of the past 20 years, together with an international comparison of figures for the working population in the same industries in each of France, West Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.
§ Mr. Jim Lester,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24 July 1979; Vol. 971. c137], gave the following answer
The following table gives estimates of employees in employment for England and Wales in the industries specified at June each year from 1959 and 1976. The information is analysed according to the minimum list headings—MLH—of the standard industrial classification 1968. More up-to-date employment figures for these industries are available from the quarterly series for Great Britain as a whole but not for smaller areas.
Midlands and West Yorkshire is avail able only from June 1971 and is given below. Separate figures for Merseyside are shown in brackets.
those given above and therefore the in formation needs to be interpreted with caution.
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EMPLOYMENT IN(a) COAL MINING (1),(b) IRON AND STEEL (2),(c) SHIPBUILDING,(d) RAILWAYS (3) Thousands France West Germany Italy (7) Netherlands (a) (4) (b) (4) (c) (d) (5) (a) (4) (b) (4) (c) (d) (5) (a) (6) (b) (4) (d) (a) (4) (b) (4) (c) (d) 1958 … 235.7 .. 70.8 .. 585.6 .. 101.7 .. 2.7 (4) .. .. 63.5 .. 55.7 .. 1959 … 228.6 .. 66.7 .. 531.8 .. 93.5 .. 2.6(4) .. .. 61.2 .. 54.8 .. 1960 … 213.3 .. 64.1 .. 490.2 .. 89.7 .. 2.6 .. .. 58.6 .. 53.5 .. 1961 … 204.5 .. 65.0 354.2 465.0 .. 87.4 455.1 2.4 .. 164.1 56.9 .. 52.8 .. 1962 … 199.7 .. 66.1 349.8 433.6 .. 83.6 467.2 2.2 .. 166.4 57.3 .. 53.0 .. 1963 … 193.6 159.4 87.3 348.5 412.0 234.5 74.9 460.2 1.5 687.4 167.3 55.9 159.1 51.9 29.8 1964 … 188.1 160.8 .. 334.8 398.5 246.6 .. 439.5 1.1 664.1 182.9 55.7 175.6 .. 29.2 1965 … 181.4 154.9 .. 360.2 377.0 242.7 .. 448.5 0.8 691.9 188.2 53.9 184.7 .. 28.4 1966 … 172.5 146.8 .. 359.3 333.9 229.4 .. 437.9 1.0 683.4 188.1 47.0 184.1 .. 27.9 1967 … 159.6 140.7 .. 348.9 287.3 219.7 .. 448.5 1.0 676.8 186.5 38.7 184.3 .. 27.8 1968 … 141.7 136.6 78.6 336.7 264.0 222.5 70.5 409.6 0.9 673.1 177.6 32.7 192.0 47.0 26.7 1969 … 128.0 142.6 .. 295.4 254.1 226.5 .. 373.4 0.8 702.0 175.1 27.7 206.5 .. 25.5 1970 … 117.0 146.1 84.0 287.1 250.1 229.0 69.2 381.8 0.8 767.2 191.8 24.9 211.2 45.8 26.8 1971 … 109.3 144.7 76.6 281.4 244.4 218.0 .. .. 0.7 811.6 193.4 22.3 219.0 .. 27.7 1972 … 99.5 144.0 76.2 274.3 220.6 212.8 65.7 .. 0.6 855.8 202.4 19.7 224.0 .. 27.5 1973 … 89.6 151.5 87.7 271.2 204.5 219.9 62.5 .. 0.3 895.8 211.3 16.1 229.5 50.6 26.9 1974 … 84.8 157.6 .. 269.6 204.9 223.1 65.3 .. 0.2 956.0 213.2 14.4 247.2 50.4 26.4 1975 … 83.0 155.6 .. 266.6 202.3 212.9 .. .. 0.2 961.0 217.6 .. 254.0 .. 26.5 1976 … .. 153.7 .. 259.7 .. 210.1 .. 368.6 .. 979.9 218.1 .. 240.0 (8) .. 26.7 1977 … .. 142.8 .. .. .. 200.8 .. 353.3 .. 965.7 218.7 .. 231.5(8) .. 26.3 1978 … .. 131.3 .. .. .. 194.0 .. .. .. 955.7 .. .. 213.0(8) .. .. Notes:
.. Figures on the same basis are not available.
(1) Total workers and officials on colliery books in hard coal mines.
(2) Registered workers and employees (excluding apprentices), workers being those bound to the undertaking by a contract providing for hourly or daily (shift) remuneration in the iron and steel industry (as defined in the ECSC Treaty, which excludes certain activities which are important in the United Kingdom, principally the production of steel tubes, which constitutes nearly 20 per cent. of employment in the United Kingdom iron and steel industry).
(3) Relates to state railways only.
(4) Data relates to the end of year.
(5) Including some road transport and other auxiliary services.
(6) Underground workers in hard coal mines.
(7) No information is available for the shipbuilding industry.
(8) Eurostat estimate of the average for the year.
Sources:
Eurostat—Year book of Energy Statistics; Iron and Steel bulletin; Industrial statistics 2–1965 and 3–1976. United Nations (Economic Commission for Europe)—Annual Bulletin of Transport statistics.
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