HC Deb 09 July 1985 vol 82 cc416-7W
35. Mr. John Mark Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Employment which sectors of employment have shown the greatest tendency in the last 12 months to attract and absorb new labour.

Mr. Alan Clark

Information about job gains and job losses is not available from the Department's statistics, but an indication of the net changes can be seen by comparing levels of employees in employment at different dates. The following tables list those industries in Great Britain which have shown the greatest increase in the actual number of employees in employment, and those which have increased most in percentage terms, between December 1983 and December 1984. The full list of industries, analysed according to the 1980 standard industrial classification, from which these tables are compiled are those given in table 1.4 of the labour market data section ofEmployment Gazette, copies of which are in the Library.

TABLE 1

Industries which have shown the greatest increase in the number of employees in employment between December 1983 and December 1984 (1980 SIC)

  • Food retailing (Activity 6410)
    • 417
  • Management, market research and public relations consultants; typing, duplicating and copying services; employment agencies; security services, etc. (Activity 8395)
  • Social welfare, charitable and community services (Activity 9611)
  • Hotel trade (Activity 6650)
  • Public houses and bars (Activity 6620)
  • Hospitals, nursing homes, etc. (Activity 9510)
  • Insurance, except for compulsory social security (Activity 8200)
  • Retail distribution of clothing (Activity 6450)
  • Mixed retail businesses (Activity 6560)

TABLE 2

Industries which have shown the greatest percentage increase in employees in employment between December 1983 and December 1984 (1980 SIC)

  • Tourist or short-stay accommodation, excluding hotels, motels and guest houses (Activity 6670)
  • Hiring out consumer goods (Activity 8460)
  • Supporting services to inland transport (Activity 7610)
  • Management, market research and public relations consultants; typing, duplicating and copying services; employment agencies; security services, etc. (Activity 8395)
  • Manufacture of components other than active components, mainly for electronic equipment (Activity 3444)
  • Extraction of mineral oil and natural gas (Activity 1300)
  • Dealing in scrap and waste materials (Class 62)
  • Manufacture of domestic-type electric appliances (Activity 3460)

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