§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the industries, pursuant to the standard industrial classification, in East Anglia in which there has been an increase in unemployment since May 1979; and if he will give the percentage increases.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives the percentage increases between May 1979 and August 1981 in the numbers registered as unemployed in East Anglia. The figures are analysed according to the industry orders of the standard industrial classification in which the unemployed persons last worked.
Per cent. Agriculture, forestry and fishing 55.6 Mining and quarrying 16.0 Food, drink and tobacco 81.6 Coal and petroleum products 9.1 Chemicals and allied industries 114.5 Metal manufacture 93.5 Mechanical engineering 182.8 Instrument engineering 110.9 Electrical engineering 169.3 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 134.9 Vehicles 312.8 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 150.0 Textiles 230.7 Leather, leather goods and fur 94.2 Clothing and footwear 204.8 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 161.1 Timber, furniture, etc. 160.6 Paper, printing and publishing 171.1 Other manufacturing industries 117.5 Construction 125.2 Gas, electricity and water 19.1 Transport and communication 93.5 Distributive trades 96.0 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 96.5 Professional and scientific services 64.7 Miscellaneous services 88.3 Public administration and defence 44.2 Not classified by industry (including school leavers) 200.9 TOTAL 117.5