§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will provide a table of the number of employees in employment in January 1979 and January 1992 by standard region, showing Greater London separately, and showing the percentage change.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe numbers of employees in employment by standard region are available on a quarterly basis. Separate figures for Greater London were not produced before September 1981. The available information is as follows:
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Employees in employment Not seasonally adjusted Region December 1978 December 1991 (000's) Percentage change South East (including Greater London) 7,450 7,156 -4 Greater London 1n.a. 3,196 n.a. East Anglia 693 791 14 South West 1,565 1,719 10 West Midlands 2,252 1,954 -13 East Midlands 1,558 1,567 1 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,006 1,855 -7 North West 2,696 2,369 -12 North 1,246 1,088 -13 Wales 1,022 958 -6 Scotland 2,075 1,985 -4 1 In September 1981 there were 3,567,000 employees in employment in Greater London. n.a. = Not available.
§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been employed in(a) the textile and clothing industries, (b) the aerospace industry, (c) the motor vehicle manufacturing industry, (d) the construction industry and (e) the machine tool manufacturing industry in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what percentage of the total employed work force each of these figures represents in that year.
§ Mr. McLoughlinEmployment estimates are classified according to the standard industrial classification 1980—SIC 80. The available information is in the tables.
Employees in employment—Unadjusted for Seasonal Variation Great Britain Textiles and Clothing (Class 43, Groups 453/456, 455) Motor Vehicle Manufacture (Class 35) Thousands Percentage of all industries Thousands Percentage of all industries December 1981 515.2 2.4 336.7 1.6 1982 483.9 2.3 302.5 1.4 1983 476.7 2.3 283.6 1.3 1984 476.7 2.3 273.1 1.3 1985 486.9 2.3 269.2 1.3 1986 477.3 2.3 255.6 1.2 1987 477.8 2.2 264.5 1.3 1988 471.7 2.1 271.1 1.3 1989 438.7 2.0 247.7 1.2 1990 412.0 1.9 239.6 1.1 1991 390.6 1.8 222.7 1.1 166W
Construction (Division 5) Thousands Percentage of all industries December 1981 1,041.1 4.9 1982 1,030.3 4.9 1983 1,025.7 4.9 1984 1,015.8 4.8 1985 978.6 4.6 1986 967.7 4.6 1987 1,004.8 4.8 1988 1,022.2 4.8 1989 1,058.2 5.0 1990 1,010.6 4.8 1991 878.0 4.2
Employees in employment Great Britain Unadjusted for seasonal variation Aerospace and other transport equipment (Groups 362–365)1 Other transport equipment including aerospace (Class 36)1 December Thousands Percentage of all industries Thousands Percentage of all industries 1981 231.4 1.1 347.8 1.6 1982 217.1 1.0 328.3 1.6 1983 204.6 1.0 305.3 1.4 1984 199.3 0.9 284.7 1.3 1985 197.7 0.9 272.0 1.3 1986 191.7 0.9 257.2 1.2 1987 185.5 0.9 241.7 1.1 1988 177.0 0.8 224.3 1.1 21989 197.1 0.9 240.4 1.1 1989 n/a n/a 243.2 1.2 1990 n/a n/a 244.0 1.2 1991 n/a n/a 223.7 1.1 1 Aerospace employment is not separately identifiable. From September 1989, information is only available for class 36 as a whole. 2 September 1989. Latest available and comparable.
Metal working machine tools and engineers' tools (Group 322)1 Mechanical engineering including machine tools (Class 32)1 December Thousands Percentage of all industries Thousands Percentage of all industries 1981 93.2 0.4 877.0 4.2 1982 82.9 0.4 803.3 3.8 1983 75.4 0.4 755.2 3.6 1984 75.9 0.4 753.3 3.6 1985 78.0 0.4 757.4 3.6 1986 73.3 0.3 733.8 3.5 1987 74.2 0.4 746.4 3.5 1988 73.9 0.4 778.6 3.7 21989 72.6 0.3 757.4 3.4 1989 n/a n/a 761.2 3.6 1990 n/a n/a 723.7 3.4 1991 n/a n/a 673.1 3.2 1 Machine tools employment is not separately identifiable. From September 1989, information is only available for class 32 as a whole. 2 September 1989. Latest available and comparable.