HC Deb 13 February 2004 vol 418 cc62-3W
Paul Holmes

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the levels of(a) manufacturing output and (b) employment in the manufacturing sector were in each region of the United Kingdom in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement on changes in the size of the manufacturing sector in the United Kingdom in the last five years. [152667]

Jacqui Smith

Output at regional level is measured using Gross Value Added (GVA). The latest estimates of the output of the manufacturing sector for the regions run to 2000 and are provided in Table A. Estimates of the number of employee jobs within the manufacturing sector in each region and devolved administration of the UK run to 2002 and are provided at Table B.

Between 1998 and 2002, across the United Kingdom, the total number of manufacturing jobs fell by just under 640,000—a fall of 15.4 per cent.

During the same period, the index of output for UK manufacturing, measured at constant (2000) prices, fell by 1.8 percentage points.

Table A: Total gross value added of the manufacturing sector by region/devolved Administration 1996 to 2000
£ million
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
UK 146,078 152,299 153,412 152,402 153,671
North East 6,772 6,799 6,660 6,433 6,427
North West 19,151 19,471 19,388 19,323 19,423
Yorks and Humber 13,621 14,125 13,948 13,438 13,322
East Midlands 13,412 14,155 14,183 13,952 14,011
West Midlands 16,517 17,185 17,161 16,625 16,565
East of England 12,714 13,306 13,429 13,229 13,333

Table B: Annex A: Employee jobs within manufacturing 1998 to 2002
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
UK 4,150,449 4,028,762 3,894,620 3,703,061 3,512,244
North East 186,729 173,208 169,357 159,595 158,873
North West 529,604 514,114 499,360 473,257 448,988
Yorkshire and The Humber 409,542 394,375 383,832 373,775 353,789
East Midlands 422,997 399,161 383,057 358,295 342,845
West Midlands 553,432 532,880 493,846 460,040 445,794
Eastern 353,160 327,716 333,244 327,586 307,363
London 286,890 296,061 285,840 260,360 236,166
South East 442,432 444,320 432,596 407,442 389,903
South West 320,565 313,861 301,941 299,835 282,829
Wales 208,160 206,857 200,600 188,958 184,644
Scotland 326,688 315,020 302,043 294,162 263,552
Northern Ireland 110,250 111,189 108,904 99,756 97,498
Source:
GB Annual Business Inquiry, ONS and the Northern Ireland Annual Business Inquiry, NISRA

The manufacturing jobs estimates refer to December of each year.

These estimates cover the total number of both full and part-time jobs in the manufacturing sector and cover the number of employee jobs, not necessarily the number of people in jobs. If a person has more than one employee job it is possible that they could be counted twice in this measure.

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