§ Lord Jonesasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their estimate of the numbers employed in (a) the United Kingdom aerospace industry and (b) the United Kingdom steel industry in (i) 1970 and (ii) 2000. [HL3468]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from the National Statistician, Len Cook, dated 27 June 2003.
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question about the numbers employed in (a) the United Kingdom aerospace industry and (b) the United Kingdom steel industry in (i) 1970 and (ii) 2000. (HL3468).
74WAUnfortunately it is not possible to provide data on the present Standard Industrial Classification (SIC (92)) prior to 1978. The available information is given in the table below.
Employee job, United Kingdom End-year estimates (thousands) SIC (92) code Description 1978 2000 35 Manufacture of other transport equipment (including aircraft and spacecraft) 375 173 35.3 Manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft n.a. 120 27 Manufacture of basic metals 372 114 21.1 to 27.3 Manufacture of iron, steel, ferro-alloys, tubes and other first processing of iron and steel n.a. 57 n.a.-not available