§ Mr. Ray Powellasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many new jobs have been secured in the following areas of service industries (a) research and development, (b) banking, (c) insurance and (d) financial business services, between 1970 and 1982 in England.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation about job gains and job losses is not available, but an indication of the net effect can be seen by comparing the levels of employees in employment shown by the censuses of employment for different dates. The first census relates to June 1971 and the latest to September 1981. The increases in England over this period in industries defined by standard industrial classification 1968 were 17,000 in research and development services (minimum list heading 876); 92,000 in banking and bill-discounting (MLH 861); 27,000 in insurance (MLH 860) and 40,000 in other financial institutions (MHL 862).
The figure for research and development does not include employment in departments of universities, medical research establishments or research establishments attached to businesses.