§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of employees in employment in manufacturing in each of the standard regions and Wales, for each of the years 1983 to 1988, inclusive.
§ Mr. LeeThe information is as follows:
employment in manufacturing industry in each of the years March 1979 to March 1989, for each of the standard regions and Wales.
§ Mr. LeeThe information is as follows:
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 North 408 393 348 329 296 279 279 269 260 267 267 Wales 314 305 248 229 214 211 210 206 205 215 221 Scotland 604 578 519 486 450 432 430 415 396 396 401 1 Not available.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of self-employed in each of the standard regions and Wales, for each of the years 1983 to 1988.
Self-employed in Great Britain December each year Thousand 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 South East 794 881 904 968 1,044 1,080 Greater London (included in South East) 304 345 353 372 396 402 East Anglia 102 112 110 116 131 138 South West 223 242 254 267 288 302 West Midlands 182 186 186 198 226 248 East Midlands 162 162 162 178 195 205 Yorkshire and Humberside 186 213 219 226 234 237 North West 241 263 267 273 284 293 North 92 98 105 107 111 115 Wales 135 145 150 151 147 149 Scotland 182 193 203 200 204 220
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of manufacturing
Employees in employment in Great Britain Table 1 Manufacturing industries (Divisions 2–4 of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification) Thousand June each year 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 South East 1,871 1,820 1,684 1,604 1,533 1,483 1,454 1,406 1,365 1,357 Greater London (included in South East) n.a. n.a. n.a. 649 609 573 548 528 500 490 East Anglia 206 203 185 180 178 185 193 200 207 224 South West 439 427 397 385 366 373 376 369 369 375 West Midlands 985 933 817 757 713 706 703 696 699 717 East Midlands 606 582 532 514 485 482 489 494 493 508 Yorkshire and Humberside 708 669 583 542 500 481 474 462 449 455 North West 971 931 810 744 694 669 653 626 614 617 North 410 387 339 321 291 277 276 268 264 269 Wales 315 290 240 226 213 212 209 203 207 219 Scotland 604 564 510 477 444 434 430 410 397 396 n.a. Not available.
Table 2 Non-manufacturing industries (Divisions 0, 1, 5–9 of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification) Thousand June each year 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 South East 5,602 5,670 5,579 5,542 5,549 5,699 5,837 5,947 6,110 6,380 Greater London (included in South East) n.a. n.a. n.a. 2,857 2,845 2,886 2,914 2,941 2,987 3,091 East Anglia 496 507 496 499 510 519 542 562 592 627 South West 1,159 1,169 1,144 1,143 1,149 1,169 1,187 ,197 1,231 1,257 West Midlands 1,256 1,273 1,234 1,225 1,229 1,259 1,295 1,320 1,360 1,425 East Midlands 949 958 935 938 941 961 1,021 1,023 1,041 1,084 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,303 1,308 1,269 1,265 1,272 1,287 1,305 1,324 1,360 1,402 NorthWest 1,705 1,713 1,656 1,627 1,608 1,620 1,632 1,636 1,657 1,695 North 838 822 783 772 766 782 788 810 830 859 Wales 718 715 699 680 675 674 668 658 659 672 Scotland 1,498 1,518 1,492 1,473 1,455 1,467 1,474 1,477 1,495 1,532 n.a. Not available.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give the total number of
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§ Mr. LeeThe information is as follows. The latest available figures are for December 1988.
and non-manufacturing employees in employment for each of the standard regions and Wales for each 12-month period from June 1979 to June 1988.
§ Mr. LeeThe information is as follows:
registered vacancies as a percentage of the unemployment figure in each standard region and Wales for each of the years 1979 to April 1989, inclusive;
335W(2) what is the average number of vacancies in each of the years 1979 to 1988, inclusive, and for each of the standard regions, Scotland and Wales.
§ Mr. LeeThe following is available from the Library. The tables show for each year from 1980 to 1988 and for each English region and for Wales and Scotland separately the average number of unfilled vacancies at jobcentres, and the average level of unemployment. Also given are the corresponding figures for April 1989. Data for 1979 have
Unfilled vacancies at jobcentres, seasonally adjusted Thousand 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 April 1989 South East 58.6 34.0 42.3 50.8 59.4 62.3 70.8 90.7 95.1 75.7 East Anglia 4.8 3.5 4.4 5.1 5.4 5.8 6.2 8.0 9.7 8.6 South West 10.3 7.7 10.7 12.7 13.6 16.1 18.1 19.7 20.4 18.5 West Midlands 7.5 5.9 7.2 9.6 10.7 12.2 15.4 21.1 24.1 21.9 East Midlands 7.3 5.4 7.2 8.0 8.1 9.0 10.3 12.2 13.8 21.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 7.7 5.3 7.2 8.7 8.2 8.7 11.3 15.6 15.5 13.4 North West 10.4 7.9 10.0 13.2 14.5 16.0 19.0 24.2 23.9 23.5 North 5.6 4.0 5.1 5.9 6.6 7.8 9.8 12.0 11.4 10.7 Wales 5.8 4.9 6.0 6.8 7.3 8.0 9.5 11.1 12.1 13.3 Scotland 15.3 11.6 13.1 15.3 14.8 14.6 16.3 18.8 20.0 20.3
Unemployment, seasonally adjusted Thousand 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 April 1989 South East 267.2 469.2 577.2 645.7 691.0 728.5 750.2 657.9 496.1 374.3 East Anglia 32.0 52.5 62.7 69.3 71.3 75.3 78.8 69.4 50.4 35.5 South West 85.3 130.9 151.7 167.6 179.1 190.5 195.8 172.3 133.7 101.6 West Midlands 139.6 253.0 297.8 321.3 322.2 326.9 327.7 292.1 230.1 174.1 East Midlands 79.5 132.3 151.5 169.6 180.8 188.2 191.3 175.8 143.2 112.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 122.6 201.3 234.2 256.5 268.4 281.5 294.3 270.5 226.0 183.8 North West 203.3 312.9 365.4 398.6 412.1 420.8 423.1 385.2 322.1 272.0 North 115.6 165.4 187.2 202.6 214.5 221.1 221.5 203.9 174.0 149.2 Wales 84.5 126.4 144.5 153.9 161.1 168.4 169.3 149.9 125.7 101.2 Scotland 172.8 243.8 277.5 298.6 309.8 322.0 332.8 323.4 280.1 243.4
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total number of confirmed redundancies in each standard region and Wales for each of the years 1979 to 1989.
Confirmed redundancies1 in Great Britain—Annual totals by standard region Region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 South East 26,798 70,015 105,878 80,300 58,345 42,501 34,926 39,284 19,850 13,007 (of which: Greater London) 15,179 33,951 54,998 49,396 34,078 24,239 23,601 24,737 12,246 7,191 East Anglia 2,981 7,554 11,463 6,471 4,165 2,356 3,585 5,001 2,168 1,637 South West 11,031 26,598 30,998 24,898 23,777 15,054 13,615 16,509 13,553 9,471 West Midlands 19,320 69,436 59,556 40,229 40,413 29,678 29,803 22,645 12,648 5,032 East Midlands 8,449 40,957 33,720 29,429 23,259 24,017 17,660 21,283 14,974 10,521 Yorkshire and Humberside 17,838 50,879 63,102 45,957 37,807 26,570 33,319 27,151 15,866 14,751 North West 40,705 92,596 91,739 67,117 51,019 37,935 35,784 40,132 23,244 18,436 North 14,985 33,276 40,103 32,424 30,274 25,727 24,834 22,679 13,910 10,907 Wales 11,663 45,215 36,432 24,647 16,041 11,441 15,027 11,359 5,089 5,817 1 Figures are based on follow.up reports to advanced notifications of redundancies under Section 100 of the Employment Protection Act 1975 and are not comprehensive as employers are required to make advance notifications only where 10 or more redundancies are expected. Comparisons of trends over a long period of time should be treated with care.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list any reports commissioned by his Department which estimate (i) the projected size of the civilian work force in the 1990s, (ii) the projected size of the working population in the 1990s and (iii) the level of skills shortages in the 1990s.
336Wnot been given because vacancy figures for that year are not available on a comparable basis. All figures are seasonally adjusted, and the unemployment figures allow for changes in coverage.
It is not valid to compare ratios of unfilled vacancies to unemployment, since roughly only a third of vacancies in the economy are reported to jobcentres, and this proportion will tend to vary over time and between regions.
§ Mr. LeeThe readily available information is given in the table. The table shows for Wales and each of the standard regions in England, the number of confirmed redundancies for each calendar year from 1979 to 1988. Data for 1989 are not yet available.
§ Mr. LeeThe following publications are relevant:
(i) and (ii): "Labour force outlook to the year 2000", in Employment Gazette, April 1989.
(iii) "Review of the Economy and Employment 1988–89 —Volume 1: Occupational Assessment" and "Review of 337W the Economy and Employment 1988–89—volume 2: Occupational studies", both produced by Institute for Employment Research, Februar} 1989.