HC Deb 24 October 1979 vol 972 cc233-9W
Mr. Stuart Holland

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees there were, full plus part-time, in the Standard Industrial Classification orders XXIV (insurance, banking, finance and business services, XXV, professional and scientific services), and XXVII (public

ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT (thousands)
(a) City of London (City employment office area)
Industry (Standard Industrial Classification 1968) 1971(b) 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
INSURANCE, BANKING, FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES 162.8 165.1 165.9 173.7 172.1 160.5
Insurance 53.0 50.5 47.6 45.8 44.2 39.4
Banking and Bill-discounting 62.8 64.5 68.2 76.4 80.7 77.4
Other Financial Institutions 23.8 27.4 27.4 25.4 21.5 20.6
Property Owning and Managing, etc 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.9
Advertising and Market Research 2.8 2.4 2.7 2.8 3.3 3.1
Other Business Services 10.0 10.4 10.2 14.3 13.1 11.3
Central Offices not allocable elsewhere 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.2 7.3 6.8
PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 34.8 35.3 33.6 32.8 33.4 31.7
Accountancy Services 13.9 13.5 11.8 11.3 11.3 9.9
Educational Services 1.8 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.5
Legal Services 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.6
Medical and Dental Services 3.4 3.3 4.0 3.9 4.5 4.5
Religious Organisations 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Research and Development Services 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Other Professional and Scientific Services 6.6 5.7 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.5
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE 17.5 17.9 17.5 17.3 16.8 19.1
National Government Service 14.0 14.2 13.9 13.9 14.0 15.6
Local Government Service 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.4 2.8 3.5
(b) Central London (Bermondsey, Borough, City, Kings Cross and Westminster employment office areas)
Industry (Standard Industrial Classification 1968) 1971(b) 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
INSURANCE, BANKING, FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES 260.9 260.5 262.3 272.0 263.4 248.8
Insurance 68.0 64.7 61.4 59.8 57.8 52.2
Banking and Bill-discounting 75.8 77.7 81.8 91.7 96.1 92.2
Other Financial Institutions 27.8 32.2 33.3 30.9 26.9 26.4
Property Owning and Managing, etc 11.7 10.7 11.8 11.2 10.4 10.1
Advertising and Market Research 12.6 10.6 10.4 10.4 10.3 9.5
Other Business Services 35.1 34.7 34.9 38.2 32.5 29.4
Central Offices not allocable elsewhere 29.8 29.8 28.8 30.0 29.4 29.0

administration and defence), and in each of the sub-groups of these orders for the following areas (a) City of London (City employment office), (b) Central London (Bermondsey and Borough, City, King's Cross and Westminster employment offices), (c) Greater London and (d) Great Britain for the following years: 1951, 1961, 1966, 1969, 1971 and each year following, including for 1969 and 1971 the figures before and after changes in definition.

Mr. Jim Lester

The following tables give the available mid-year information.

For individual areas within Greater London no employment estimates are available before 1971. For Greater London as a whole the earliest estimates that are readily available are for 1966.

Except for Great Britain, for which provisional quarterly estimates are produced, the latest estimates are for 1976.

(b) Central London (Bermondsey, Borough, City, Kings Cross and Westminster employment office areas)
Industry (Standard Industrial Classification 1968) 1971(b) 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 122.5 122.0 120.9 119.5 119.1 118.5
Accountancy Services 20.3 21.0 19.5 18.7 18.6 18.4
Educational Services 24.8 27.9 28.2 28.1 30.0 29.2
Legal Services 17.2 17.6 17.7 17.6 17.4 17.5
Medical and Dental Services 28.8 25.9 25.2 25.6 25.9 26.7
Religious Organisations 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.4
Research and Development Services 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.8
Other Professional and Scientific Services 25.8 24.2 24.7 24.0 22.4 21.4
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE 131.5 136.3 131.2 130.3 142.0 134.3
National Government Service 93.9 97.7 95.1 94.4 101.4 95.3
Local Government Service 37.6 38.7 36.2 35.8 40.6 39.0
(c) Greater London
Industry (Standard Industrial Classification 1958) 1966(b) 1969(a)
INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE 273.7 304.8
Insurance Banking and Finance 273.7 304.8
PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 479.0 501.3
Accountancy Services 31.7 33.7
Educational Services 177.4 183.5
Legal Services 28.1 29.4
Medical and Dental Services 179.8 186.4
Religious Organisations 8.0 8.4
Other Professional and Scientific Services 53.9 59.9
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE 338.0 335.8
National Government Service 164.7 153.1
Local Government Service 173.3 182.7
Industry (Standard Industrial Classification 1968) 1969(b) 1971(a) 1971(b) 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
INSURANCE, BANKING FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES 421.6 449.1 404.0 412.1 427.0 450.3 438.0 425.7
Insurance 129.6 121.6 98.0 93.1 91.2 90.2 88.3 84.0
Banking and Bill-discounting 115.9 128.9 102.2 104.4 108.4 120.1 125.6 123.8
Other Financial Institutions 34.9 36.8 39.1 45.8 47.2 44.6 40.9 40.5
Property Owning and Managing, etc 24.0 23.4 25.9 25.1 27.7 28.8 26.5 26.2
Advertising and Market Research 21.0 21.5 20.5 19.0 19.7 19.3 18.9 18.2
Other Business Services 69.9 86.9 77.6 82.6 88.6 98.4 89.9 85.2
Central Offices not allocable elsewhere 26.3 29.9 40.7 42.1 44.2 48.9 48.0 47.7
PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 501.5 504.2 508.0 525.5 546.2 553.9 576.9 591.9
Accountancy Services 33.7 36.5 26.9 28.3 28.0 27.5 28.3 29.7
Educational Services 183.9 185.4 205.1 218.0 234.1 243.7 254.3 260.7
Legal Services 29.4 29.2 26.4 27.6 28.3 27.8 27.8 28.2
Medical and Dental Services 186.4 187.3 187.0 190.5 191.8 190.5 203.3 213.0
Religious Organisations 8.4 8.2 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.4 7.0 7.0
Research and Development Services 8.2 6.7 8.6 8.3 8.8 9.2 9.5 9.0
Other Professional and Scientific Services 51.4 50.8 46.2 45.1 47.3 47.7 46.7 44.3
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE 337.1 358.2 334.2 343.8 344.8 348.5 352.6 349.7
National Government Service 153.1 149.3 160.5 162.4 162.2 159.1 171.2 168.3
Local Government Service 184.0 208.9 173.8 181.4 182.7 189.4 181.3 181.4

(d) Great Britain
Industry {Standard Industrial Classification 1948) 1951 1959(a)
INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE 433.7 527.4
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 1,457.3 1,823.7
Accountancy 63.5 77.0
Education 574.7 749.9
Law 75.7 82.6
Medical and Dental Services 590.9 695.5
Religion 24.7 21.5
Other Professional and Business Services 127.8 197.2
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE 1,347.1 1,305.0
National Government Service 605.1 520.0
Local Government Service 742.0 785.0
Industry (Standard Industrial Classification 1958) 1959(b) 1961 1964(a) 1964(b) 1966(a) 1966(b) 1969(a)
INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE 527.4 556.4 621.3 623.0 639.0 638.8 690.0
PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 1,917.4 2,052.3 2,301.5 2,312.7 2,516.8 2,512.5 2,762.0
Accountancy Services 77.0 80.8 87.6 87.9 91.1 91.0 91.9
Education Services 855.0 928.9 1,067.2 1,072.8 1,187.9 1,187.5 1,354.6
Legal Services 82.7 88.9 97.2 97.6 102.3 102.3 107.2
Medical and Dental Services 730.4 771.4 855.7 860.2 927.1 928.1 992.0
Religious Organisations 21.5 19.6 21.3 21.4 20.5 20.5 19.5
Other Professional and Scientific Services 150.9 162.7 172.5 172.9 187.9 183.1 196.1
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE 1,242.4 1,262.8 1,270.8 1,285.7 1,346.1 1,344.3 1,382.8
National Government Service 505.4 510.2 519.2 532.1 556.8 556.2 566.2
Local Government Service 737.0 752.6 751.6 753.6 789.3 788.1 816.6
Industry (Standard Industrial Classification 1968) 1969(b) 1971(a) 1791(b) 1972 1973 1974
INSURANCE, BANKING, FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES 890.7 971.3 962.5 982.7 1,043.4 1,100.6
Insurance 297.7 279.0 266.0 256.4 258.6 261.7
Banking and Bill-discounting 257.7 292.5 263.4 265.8 280.0 304.3
Other Financial Institutions 71.8 79.4 91.0 101.6 109.2 104.4
Property Owning and Managing, etc. 62.0 66.1 74.1 76.6 85.7 86.6
Advertising and Market Research 28.8 30.3 30.9 29.5 31.5 31.8
Other Business Services 132.8 172.9 173.2 184.3 205.8 232.8
Central Offices not allocable else-where 41.9 51.1 64.0 68.4 72.7 79.1
PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 2,774.0 2,903.8 2,915.5 3,030.9 3,170.5 3,284.3
Accountancy Services 91.9 95.9 77.2 79.7 81.0 81.4
Educational Services 1,358.4 1,439.6 1,471.0 1,535.5 1,619.8 1,693.3
Legal Services 107.2 108.2 98.1 103.2 107.2 105.9
Medical and Dental Services 995.8 1,036.0 1,034.5 1,074.8 1,103.6 1,130.1
Religious Organisations 19.6 18.9 28.4 28.7 32.0 29.6
Research and Development Services 78.4 85.9 89.3 89.5 94.5 106.0
Other Professional and Scientific Services 122.7 119.4 117.1 119.6 132.5 138.1
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE 1,378.0 1,416.3 1,473.4 1,513.8 1,543.5 1,550.9
National Government Service 557.9 552.1 569.4 580.0 583.4 573.4
Local Government Service 820.1 864.1 904.0 933.8 960.1 977.5

Industry (Standard Industrial Classification 1968) 1975 1976 1977* 1978* 1979*
INSURANCE, BANKING, FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES 1,087.6 1,087.4 1,110.4 1,133.8 1,166.4
Insurance 262.5 259.0 269.6 271.0 277.3
Banking and Bill-discounting 317.4 315.6 317.8 325.7 329.6
Other Financial Institutions 101.1 103.4 100.8 102.6 103.9
Property Owning and Managing, etc. 82.4 83.7 83.6 82.8 86.5
Advertising and Market Research 30.7 30.5 30.6 33.0 35.9
Other Business Services 213.3 213.6 225.9 234.6 251.1
Central Offices not allocable else-where 80.3 81.6 82.1 84.1 82.1
PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 3,464.6 3,559.1 3,551.4 3,575.1 3,624.3
Accountancy Services 84.7 89.2 † † †
Educational Services 1,776.2 1,834.0 1,820.3 1,826.2 1,852.4
Legal Services 107.0 110.0 † † †
Medical and Dental Services 1,218.5 1,250.4 1,259.9 1,278.2 1,299.5
Religious Organisations 28.7 31.0 † † †
Research and Development Services 111.0 108.7 107.4 106.3 105.4
Other Professional and Scientific Services 138.5 135.8 363.8† 364.4† 367.0†
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE 1,608.3 1,580.7 1,582.7 1,585.8 1,598.1
National Government Service 612.2 622.7 635.2 629.7 626.1
Local Government Service 996.0 958.0 947.5 956.1 972.0
* Provisional.
† Figures for Accountancy Services, Legal Services and Religious Organisations are included in Other Professional and Scientific Services.
Notes:
1. Discontinuities arise in the series because of a change in the method of calculation in 1964, revision of the industrial classification of establishments in 1966 and changes in the Standard Industrial Classification in 1959 and 1969.
2. The estimates for 1971(b) and later years are based on the annual censuses of employment. They are not comparable with 1971(a) and earlier estimates, which are based on counts of national insurance cards.