HC Deb 03 November 1998 vol 318 cc508-9W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the contribution to the United Kingdom economy of the marine sector in terms of(a) its share of national value added and (b) employment. [57088]

Mr. Battle

There is no standard definition of the marine sector. Furthermore, some of the industries which might reasonably be included, such as marine equipment, are not available from official statistics, usually because they are not separately identified within the Standard Industrial Classification. However, the following information is available

Standard Industrial Classification 1992 Description Percentage of GDP 1996 Percentage of employee Jobs11996
35.1 Building and repairing of ships and boats 0.2 0.2
61 Sea and inland water transport 0.3 0.1
1Excludes self employment

Source:

Office for National Statistics: input/output tables, Annual Employment Survey