HC Deb 26 January 1989 vol 145 cc742-9W
Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show for Scotland, Wales, England and Great Britain as a whole(a) the number of employees employed in (i) manufacturing and (ii) service industries in (1) 1979 and (2) 1988 and (b) the changes in the numbers employed in percentage terms.

Mr. Lee

The information is as follows:

Employees in employment in Great Britain
Employees in employment Net change between September 1979 and September 1988 Per cent.
September 1979 September1 1988
Scotland
Manufacturing 602 387 -36
Service industries 1,228 1,287 5
Wales
Manufacturing 317 218 -31
Service industries 572 566 -1
England
Manufacturing 6,204 4,421 -29
Service industries 11,493 13,064 14

Employees in employment Net change between September 1979 and September 1988 Per cent.
September 1979 September1 1988
Great Britain
Manufacturing 7,123 5,025 -29
Service industries 13,293 14,918 12
1 The latest date for which information is available.

Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will indicate for each year since 1979

Table A
All female employees in employment
Thousands
September: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 19881
South East 3,187 3,192 3,122 3,075 3,108 3,187 3,269 3,329 3,436 3,529
East Anglia 289 288 281 285 289 302 314 325 341 356
South West 677 666 660 659 665 683 692 705 720 742
West Midlands 906 880 843 819 820 840 862 882 903 929
East Midlands 645 633 613 605 617 628 645 660 680 700
Yorkshire and Humberside 813 794 765 753 755 769 784 797 814 833
North West 1,137 1,111 1,072 1,038 1,030 1,040 1,051 1,060 1,073 1,084
North 506 490 466 456 457 464 471 482 492 507
England 8,160 8,053 7,823 7,691 7,741 7,914 8,088 8,239 8,458 8,679
Scotland 902 890 832 848 840 851 868 866 878 892
Wales 414 401 390 377 378 383 382 380 391 396
Northern Ireland 231 230 225 225 228 229 231 230 233 236
1 The latest date for which figures are available.

Table B
Female employees in full-time employment
Thousands
September: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 19881
South East 1,936 1,920 1,871 1,845 1,865 1,924 1,971 1,992 2,054 2,112
East Anglia 168 164 159 156 164 171 172 175 183 193
South West 385 370 354 350 354 370 375 387 398 412
West Midlands 537 516 492 481 476 491 494 496 504 517
East Midlands 379 369 356 350 353 359 366 367 382 386
Yorkshire and Humberside 457 441 418 404 403 408 411 410 420 433
North West 673 645 620 596 587 587 583 579 577 581
North 298 285 267 261 256 255 257 257 258 265
England 4,834 4,710 4,538 4,444 4,458 4,565 4,630 4,663 4,775 4,899
Scotland 572 559 534 508 504 505 505 500 494 503
Wales 250 241 231 222 219 219 213 204 210 208
Northern Ireland 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 The latest date for which figures are available.
2 Unavailable.

Table C
Female employees in part-time employment
Thousands
September: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 19881
South East 1,251 1,272 1,251 1,229 1,244 1,264 1,298 1,337 1,383 1,416
East Anglia 121 124 122 129 125 131 142 150 158 163
South West 292 296 306 309 311 312 317 317 322 331
West Midlands 369 363 351 338 344 349 368 385 399 412
East Midlands 266 264 256 255 264 269 280 293 298 314
Yorkshire and Humberside 356 353 347 349 352 361 373 387 394 401
North West 464 466 452 442 444 453 467 481 496 503
North 207 205 200 195 200 209 214 225 233 241
England 3,326 3,343 3,285 3,247 3,283 3,349 3,458 3,576 3,682 3,780
Scotland 331 332 338 340 337 346 363 367 383 389
Wales 164 160 158 156 159 163 169 176 181 187
Northern Ireland 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

and for each country and region of the United Kingdom (a) the number of female employees in employment, (b) the number of females in full-time employment, (c) the number of females in part-time employment; and if he will express (c) as a percentage of (a).

Mr. Lee

Table A shows all female employees in employment for each region and country of the United Kingdom. Tables B and C show female full-time and female part-time employees in employment for each region and country of the United Kingdom except Northern full Ireland. Estimates of full and part-time employment are not collected for Northern Ireland. Table D shows female part-time employees in employment as a percentage of all female employees in employment.

1 The latest date for which figures are available.

2 Unavailable.

Table D
Female employees in part-time employment as a percentage of all female employees in employment
Per cent.
September: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 19881
South East 39.3 39.8 40.1 40.0 40.0 39.7 39.7 40.2 40.2 40.1
East Anglia 41.8 43.1 43.3 45.2 43.3 43.4 45.1 46.2 46.3 45.8
South West 43.1 44.4 46.3 46.8 46.7 45.8 45.9 45.0 44.7 44.5
West Midlands 40.7 41.3 41.6 41.3 41.9 41.6 42.6 43.7 44.2 44.3
East Midlands 41.3 41.7 41.8 42.2 42.7 42.8 43.3 44.4 43.9 44.8
Yorkshire and Humberside 43.8 44.5 45.4 46.4 46.6 47.0 47.6 48.5 48.4 48.1
North West 40.8 41.9 42.1 42.5 43.1 43.5 44.5 45.4 46.3 46.4
North 41.0 41.8 42.8 42.8 43.9 45.0 45.4 46.7 47.5 47.6
England 40.8 41.5 42.0 42.2 42.4 42.3 42.8 43.4 43.5 43.6
Scotland 36.7 37.2 38.7 40.1 40.1 40.7 41.8 42.3 43.7 43.6
Wales 39.6 39.9 40.7 41.2 42.1 42.6 44.3 46.3 46.2 47.3
Northern Ireland 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 The latest date for which figures are available.
2 Unavailable.

Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing for each country and region of the United Kingdom the numbers of:(a) employees in employment and (b) self-employed people and (c) the change in the number of unemployed persons, for each year since 1979 and for each month in 1987 and 1988.

Table A
Employees in employment
thousands
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
December 1979 7,549 708 1,589 2,257 1,564 2,010 2,677 1,244 19,597 2,094 1,033 537
December 1980 7,389 691 1,552 2,121 1,595 1,918 2,561 1,169 18,906 2,037 966 520
December 1981 7,204 676 1,516 2,015 1,460 1,829 2,424 1,107 18,231 1,958 919 508
December 1982 7,095 675 1,488 1,953 1,433 1,793 2,338 1,076 17,851 1,303 890 498
December 1983 7,172 688 1,514 1,970 1,444 1,785 2,310 1,063 17,946 1,891 884 500
December 1984 7,277 718 1,545 1,995 1,470 1,793 2,305 1,069 18,172 1,902 889 503
December 1985 7,365 750 1,548 2,025 1,502 1,795 2,297 1,080 18,361 1,897 872 502
December 1986 7,404 784 1,568 2,050 1,519 1,795 2,283 1,086 18,488 1,874 862 494
March 1987 7,377 780 1,555 2,040 1,505 1,778 2,259 1,077 18,371 1,862 852 491
June 1987 7,440 795 1,594 2,052 1,528 1,803 2,263 1,090 18,576 1,886 864 491
September 1987 7,496 810 1,593 2,065 1,540 1,810 2,269 1,093 18,677 1,879 873 493
December 1987 7,553 820 1,588 2,094 1,552 1,819 2,288 1,100 18,814 1,877 871 496
March 1988 7,547 820 1,573 2,084 1,530 1,813 2,265 1,097 18,727 1,868 866 495
June 1988 7,568 834 1,599 2,096 1,559 1,819 2,264 1,105 18,845 1,888 874 497
September 19881 7,611 845 1,617 2,104 1,564 1,826 2,263 1,116 18,946 1,884 876 498
1 The latest date for which figures are available.

Table B
Self Employed
thousands
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
December 1979 663 81 166 148 123 142 215 79 1,617 157 122 64
December 1980 688 85 207 163 137 157 216 82 1,735 152 117 63
December 1981 708 89 224 172 147 165 219 86 1,810 157 118 61
December 1982 723 92 217 175 154 168 222 89 1,840 172 123 61
December 1983 794 102 223 182 162 186 241 92 1,982 182 135 61
December 1984 881 112 242 186 162 213 263 98 2,157 193 145 61
December 1985 904 110 254 186 162 219 267 105 2,207 203 150 60
December 1986 968 116 267 198 178 226 273 107 2,333 200 151 60
March 1987 1,080 122 273 204 184 231 276 107 2,397 197 150 60
June 1987 1,032 127 278 209 189 236 279 108 2,458 194 148 60
September 1987 1,046 129 280 211 191 239 282 109 2,487 196 149 60
December 1987 1,060 130 282 212 193 242 284 no 2,513 198 151 60
March 1988 1,074 132 284 214 195 245 287 111 2,542 200 152 60
June 1988 1,087 134 287 216 197 248 289 112 2,570 202 154 60
September 1988' 1,101 135 289 217 198 251 292 113 2,596 203 155 60
1 The latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Lee

Table A shows estimates of the numbers of employees in employment by region and country; these figures are not adjusted for the effects of seasonal variations.

Table B shows estimates of the numbers of self-employed people by region and country.

Table C shows levels of seasonally adjusted unemployment consistent with the current coverage for each region and country of the United Kingdom at each December from 1979 and each quarter month in 1987 and 1988, together with the changes over the relevant period.

Table C
Seasonally adjusted unemployment (000's)
South East East Anglia
December Level Change over year Level Change over year
1979 203.2 -28.6 24.3 -2.5
1980 365.4 162.2 43.7 19.4
1981 534.2 168.8 57.0 13.3
1982 616.1 81.9 68.3 11.3
1983 667.9 51.8 70.0 1.7
1984 715.5 47.6 72.6 2.6
1985 737.1 21.6 77.7 5.1
1986 731.7 -5.4 77.5 -0.2
1987 582.0 -149.7 60.0 -17.5
1988 421.7 -160.3 41.2 -18.8

South East East Anglia
Level Change over quarter Level Change over quarter
March 1987 701.9 -29.8 75.0 -2.5
June 1987 666.0 -35.9 70.8 -4.2
September 1987 627.4 -38.6 66.1 -4.7
December 1987 582.0 -45.4 60.0 -6.1
March 1988 547.0 -35.0 55.7 -4.3
June 1988 505.8 -41.2 51.4 -4.3
September 1988 461.9 -43.9 47.1 -4.3
December 1988 421.7 -40.2 41.2 -5.9

South West West Midlands
December Level Change over year Level Change over year
1979 69.5 -8.2 101.2 2.8
1980 110.5 32.9 282.8 84.6
1981 143.4 41.0 198.2 97.0
1982 161.5 18.1 313.1 30.3
1983 172.3 10.8 319.6 6.5
1984 186.0 13.7 326.3 6.7
1985 193.5 7.5 326.8 0.5
1986 190.8 -2.7 320.5 -6.3
1987 153.9 -36.9 263.9 -56.6
1988 113.1 -40.8 198.3 -65.6

South West West Midlands
Level Change over quarter Level Change over quarter
March 1987 183.8 -7.0 310.0 -10.5
June 1987 174.4 -9.4 296.2 -13.8
September 1987 164.0 -10.4 279.3 -16.9
December 1987 153.9 -10.1 263.9 -15.4
March 1988 145.3 -8.6 249.3 -14.6
June 1988 137.1 -8.2 233.7 -15.6
September 1988 126.1 -11.0 218.3 -15.4
December 1988 113.1 -13.0 198.3 -20.0

East Midlands Yorks & Humberside
December Level Change over year Level Change over year
1979 57.6 -3.0 90.0 -4.2
1980 109.8 52.2 165.6 75.6
1981 143.8 34.0 220.3 54.7

East Midlands Yorks & Humberside
December Level Change over year Level Change over year
1982 161.6 17.8 250.4 30.1
1983 173.3 11.7 259.6 9.2
1984 185.8 12.5 275.8 16.2
1985 190.0 4.2 288.8 13.0
1986 188.9 -1.1 290.8 1.8
1987 159.8 -29.1 248.1 -42.5
1988 126.6 -33.2 203.0 -45.1

East Midlands Yorks & Humberside
Level Change over quarter Level Change over quarter
March 1987 185.6 -3.3 283.3 -7.3
June 1987 178.4 -7.2 274.7 -8.6
September 1987 169.5 -8.9 261.3 -13.4
December 1987 159.8 -9.7 248.1 -13.2
March 1988 152.7 -7.1 238.7 -9.4
June 1988 145.3 -7.4 229.5 -9.2
September 1988 137.1 -8.2 218.1 -11.4
December 1988 126.6 -10.5 203.0 -15.1

North West Northern
December Level Change over year Level Change over year
1979 161.5 1.2 90.0 0.6
1980 266.9 105.3 137.0 47.0
1981 349.4 82.5 172.0 35.0
1982 390.2 40.8 191.4 19.4
1983 412.7 22.5 201.0 9.6
1984 423.9 11.2 214.6 13.6
1985 428.3 4.4 217.3 2.7
1986 419.9 -8.4 211.6 -5.7
1987 358.4 -61.5 185.1 -26.5
1988 292.8 -65.6 160.1 -25.0

North West Northern
Level Change over quarter Level Change over quarter
March 1987 410.1 -9.8 207.0 -4.6
June 1987 394.8 -15.3 201.8 -5.2
September 1987 376.2 -18.6 194.0 -7.8
December 1987 358.4 -17.8 185.1 -8.9
March 1988 344.6 -13.8 179.4 -5.7
June 1988 328.0 -16.6 172.2 -7.2
September 1988 312.7 -15.3 165.9 -6.3
December 1988 292.8 -19.9 160.1 -5.8

England Wales
December Level Change over year Level Change over year
1979 796.0 -41.9 64.0 -4.1
1980 1,397.1 601.1 109.6 45.6
1981 1,902.9 505.8 136.;6 27.0
1982 2,152.6 249.7 151.9 15.3
1983 2,276.4 123.8 155.1 3.2
1984 2,400.5 124.1 166.7 11.6
1985 2,459.5 59.0 168.8 2.1

England Wales
December Level Change over year Level Change over year
1986 2,431.5 -28.0 163.3 -5.5
1987 2,011.2 -420.3 137.9 -25.4
1988 1,556.8 -454.4 113.1 -24.8

England Wales
Level Change over quarter Level Change over quarter
March 1987 2,357.2 -74.3 156.6 -6.7
June 1987 2,257.1 -100.1 150.8 -5.8
September 1987 2,137.8 -119.3 145.5 -5.3
December 1987 2,011.2 -126.6 137.9 -7.6
March 1988 1,912.7 -98.5 133.3 -4.6
June 1988 1,803.0 -109.;7 127.7 -5.6
September 1988 1,687.2 -115.8 120.6 -7.1
December 1988 1,556.8 -130.4 113.1 -7.5

Scotland Northern Ireland
December Level Change over year Level Change over year
1979 141.7 4.2 53.6 1.6
1980 209.8 68.1 77.5 23.9
1981 265.6 55.8 90.1 12.6
1982 291.7 26.1 103.2 13.1
1983 302.6 10.9 109.1 5.9
1984 314.0 11.4 110.2 1.1
1985 325.7 11.7 116.1 5.9
1986 339.4 13.7 1250 8.9
1987 302.3 -37.1 117.6 -7.4
1988 260.3 -42.0 108.9 -8.7

Scotland Northern Ireland
Level Change over quarter Level Change over quarter
March 1987 336.0 -3.4 123.3 -1.7
June 1987 326.6 -9.4 123.0 -0.3
September 1987 313.6 -13.0 121.2 -1.8
December 1987 302.3 -11.3 117.6 -3.6
March 1988 293.3 -9.0 114.7 -2.9
June 1988 279.7 -13.6 114.0 -0.7
September 1988 272.3 -7.4 111.6 -2.4
December 1988 260.3 -12.0 108.9 -2.7