§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what the actual and percentage changes in employment for the years 1977 and 1987 were in (i) Yorkshire and Humberside and (ii) Don Valley constituency in the following main industry groups:(a) mining, (b) manufacturing, (c) construction, (d) distribution and leisure, (e) financial services and (f) public and other services.
§ Mr. LeeThe available information is as follows:
Employees in Employment in Yorkshire and Humberside Region Changes in the levels of employment between June 1977 and June 1987 Numbers Percentages Manufacturing -273,000 -37.9 Construction -16,000 -15.2 Wholesale distribution, hotels and catering 56,000 34.6 Retail distribution -6,000 -3.4 Banking, insurance and finance 57,000 64.0 Public administration and defence -1,000 -0.8 Education, health and other services 59,000 17.4 The available employee estimates for parliamentary constituencies are from censuses of employment taken in September 1981 and September 1984. An industry breakdown is not available for the earlier year, but, overall, the estimated number of employees in employment in the Don Valley constituency showed a reduction of 2,700, or 12 per cent., between the two census dates.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for each standard region the most recent figures which are available showing the annual change in (i) the number of employees in employment and (ii) the number of full-time equivalent employees in employment.
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§ Mr. LeeThere is insufficient detail in the quarterly employment estimates to form the basis of a calculation of a full-time equivalent series. The available information is as follows:
Employees in employment Changes in the levels of employment between December 1986 and December 1987 Thousands Males Females All All All Part time employees South East 40 107 40 149 East Anglia 19 17 9 35 South West 1 17 8 17 West Midlands 11 32 21 43 East Midlands 13 20 7 33 Yorkshire and Humberside 5 18 10 22 North West -7 12 11 4 North 4 10 7 13 Wales 1 7 2 8 Scotland -10 14 14 4 The labour force survey provides information on a different basis from which can be calculated the person hours usually worked by employees. The changes between spring 1986 and spring 1987 are shown in the following table.
Increase between spring 1986 and spring 1987 in person hours usually worked by employees Thousand person hours per week Per cent. South East 154 0.1 East Anglia 223 0.8 South West 2,064 3.4 West Midlands -1,379 -1.9 East Midlands -838 -1.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 332 0.5 North West 1,882 2.2 North 830 2.1 Wales 51 0.1 Scotland -516 -0.7
§ Mr. MansTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the rate of change in unemployment levels in the last 12 months in the northwest.
§ Mr. LeeOn 10 March 1988 the number of unemployed claimants in the north-west region, seasonally adjusted and excluding school leavers was 347,800, a fall of 15.8 per cent. since March 1987.