§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will set out in a table the employment change for Great Britain, and by region, between June 1979 to June 1991 with, in separate columns, the(a) percentage change in employees, (1)) percentage change in employees and the self-employed together and (c) total change.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe information is as follows:
Changes in employment in standard regions June 1979 to June 1992 Per cent. Employees in employment Employees and self-employed Civilian workforce in employment South East1 -5 -1 0 East Anglia + 11 + 17 + 18 South West + 7 + 15 + 16 West Midlands -13 -8 -7 East Midlands -1 + 4 + 5 Yorkshire and Humberside -8 -3 -1 North West -13 -9 -8 North -14 -10 -8 Wales -8 -3 -1 Scotland -6 -2 0 Great Britain -6 -1 0 1 Including Greater London which became a separately identifiable standard region in September 1981. A comparison cannot therefore be made between 1979 and the current date.