HC Deb 14 November 1989 vol 160 cc141-2W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether he has received any representations from the chairman designate of PowerGen about the division of assets between that company and National Power.

Mr. Wakeham

[holding answer 13 November 1989]: I meet the chairman-designate frequently to discuss a wide range of matters relating to electricity privatisation. These discussions are confidential.

Employees in employment1 in the Leeds metropolitan district2
September 1981 September 1984 September 1987
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1980 Divisions of SIC Number (thousand) Per cent.3 Number (thousand) Per cent.3 Number (thousand) Per cent.3
Manufacturing industries 2.4 85.5 28.3 71.8 24.4 72.6 24.6
Male full-time 60.3 20.0 50.9 17.3 51.9 17.6
part-time 0.9 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.3
Female full-time 18.8 6.2 15.8 5.4 16.0 5.4
part-time 5.5 1.8 4.3 1.5 3.9 1.3
Service industries 6.9 187.4 62.1 196.1 66.5 197.6 67.0
Male full-time 81.9 27.1 83.5 28.3 81.8 27.8
part-time 7.7 2.6 9.4 3.2 9.8 3.3
Female full-time 50.7 16.8 53.4 18.1 57.5 19.5
part-time 47.0 15.6 49.8 16.9 48.5 16.5
All industries and services 0.9 301.7 100.0 294.7 100.0 294.7 100.0
Male full-time 166.7 55.2 157.1 53.3 154.1 52.3
part-time 8.9 3.0 10.6 3.6 10.8 3.7
Female full-time 72.3 24.0 71.7 24.3 76.3 25.9
part-time 53.9 17.9 55.3 18.8 53.4 18.1
1 Excludes the self-employed and members of Her Majesty's Forces; employees in temporary employment are included but are not separately identified in the census; part-time workers are defined as those working not more than 30 hours a week.
2 The district is defined in terms of ward boundaries as at 1981.
3 Percentage of all industries and services total.