HC Deb 23 January 1997 vol 288 cc741-2W
Mr. Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the number of manufacturing jobs that have been(a) created and (b) lost in the city of Glasgow in each of the last five years. [11865]

Mr. Kynoch

Statistical information relating to the creation of new jobs and the loss of existing ones is not available. The 1991 and 1993 censuses of employment and the 1995 annual employment survey identify the total number of employees in employment at specific points of time.

The table sets out the number of people employed in the manufacturing sector in the last three census of employment years.

Manufacturing employees in employment: Former city of Glasgow district
Manufacturing Total employees in employment
1991 46,700 336,700
1993 37,200 322,000
1995 37,600 330,600

Source:

Office for National Statistics.