HC Deb 12 July 1993 vol 228 c371W
Mr. Kevin Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the work force in the Doncaster travel-to-work area were employed in mining in each year since 1987.

Miss Widdecombe

Employment estimates for local areas, including travel-to-work areas, are compiled from the periodic censuses of employment. They cover employees in employment only and exclude the self-employed and members of Her Majesty's forces. The available information from censuses of employment taken in 1987, 1989, and 1991 is given in the following table:

Employees in employment in deep coal mines and opencast coal working1; September of each year.
Doncaster travel-to-work area
Number Proportion2 (per cent)
1987 7,400 6.3
1989 6,000 5.2
1991 5,200 4.6
1 Activity headings 1113 and 1114 of the Standard Industrial Classification 1980.
2 Employees in activity headings 1113 and 1114 as a percentage of the workforce in the travel-to-work area.