HC Deb 14 December 1972 vol 848 cc214-6W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the percentage decrease in male unemployment in each industrial classification employment category in each of the planning regions of the United Kingdom since the introduction of the new regional policies.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Taking 13th March as the unemployment count date approximating to the introduction of the policies mentioned, the following table shows percentage changes between then and November. The industry groups are those in which the unemployed males last worked.

South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorks and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Agriculture, forestry and fishing -23.5 -39.3 -24.4 -17.0 -40.9 -9.3 -10.4 -8.2 -11.5 -7.5 -24.0 -19.3
Mining and quarrying -31.9 -36.7 -48.7 +2.4 -5.7 -7.3 -17.1 +2.2 -15.1 +4.0 -59.6 -6.6
Food drink and tobacco -15.9 -1.7 -27.2 -22.0 -30.1 -26.9 -11.7 -14.4 -9.6 -16.5 -6.4 -19.6
Coal and petroleum products -1.1 +13.0 -11.6 — -29.4 -13.6 +11.6 -23.6 -5.4 -10.2 -20.8 -3.9
Chemicals and allied industries -23.7 -24.7 -1.4 -6.6 -14.7 -8.5 -3.5 -15.3 -12.6 +0.8 -18.7 -11.5
Metal manufacture -37.4 -15.1 -47.9 -32.7 -35.1 -37.6 -33.8 -34.3 -39.3 -24.6 -4.7 -34.4
Mechanical engineering -36.2 -50.3 -35.4 -35.7 -27.8 -29.5 -21.1 -26.8 -29.7 -28.8 -27.6 -30.4
Instrument engineering -30.6 -50.5 -17.8 -29.8 -28.3 -29.3 -7.2 -16.7 -44.8 -14.4 -21.7 -26.3
Electrical engineering -31.9 -29.2 -21.8 -19.1 -30.7 -11.6 -26.4 -2.4 -30.8 -19.8 -35.2 -24.8
Shipbuilding and marine engineering -22.9 -38.1 -25.1 -20.9 +40.9 -5.0 -12.1 -23.9 -16.7 -3.0 -39.6 -16.9
Vehicles -31.1 -41.5 -14.5 -41.8 -32.8 -33.3 -33.2 -29.2 -37.0 .27.0 -27.8 -33.7
Metal goods not elsewhere specified -34.0 -32.0 -32.8 -34.7 -28.2 -28.6 -22.0 -16.1 -26.6 -21.0 -19.3 -29.7
Textiles -34.2 +27.0 -4.6 -13.0 -32.1 -40.2 -26.3 -18.0 -19.8 -20.3 -11.8 -26.5
Leather, leather goods and fur -44.7 +9.1 -24.1 -13.2 -30.8 +1.0 -7.3 -31.0 -39.7 -24.6 -34.6 -23.8
Clothing and footwear -36.3 -21.3 -27.0 -30.5 -24.8 -30.6 -18.0 -21.1 -21.5 -5.9 -2.8 -25.2
Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc -40.2 -61.1 .28.9 -28.0 -35.3 -29.4 -22.6 -26.4 -20.0 -16.3 -30.7 -27.4
Timber, furniture, etc. -32.5 -40.9 -37.4 -34.6 -22.1 -24.1 -15.3 -19.3 -29.9 -19.1 -21.1 -25.7
Paper, printing and publishing -24.7 -21.1 -15.0 -30.3 -33.3 -19.8 -24.5 -22.8 -22.1 -20.4 -4.0 -23.3
Other manufacturing industries -25.3 -46.6 -8.0 -26.9 -21.6 -26.9 -21.7 +12.2 -19.8 -19.1 -10.4 -20.0
Construction -33.2 -43.4 -38.2 -32.3 -35.4 -28.7 -19.6 -24.0 -21.3 -28.8 -27.2 -28.3
Gas, electricity and water -17.4 -37.7 -29.9 -24.8 -21.5 -25.8 -17.1 -18.9 -29.6 -18.5 -32.1 -22.2
Transport and communication -11.2 -29.0 -19.5 -27.1 -28.8 -19.1 -5.9 -19.9 -18.6 -14.8 -17.7 -15.4
Distributive trades -23.4 -31.8 -24.1 -24.1 -28.9 -24.9 -10.7 -15.6 -18.9 -15.6 -19.7 -20.0
Insurance, banking, finance and business services .7.8 -9.3 -3.6 -12.2 -6.5 -6.2 +5.9 -9.4 -1.1 -3.1 -19.7 -5.5
Professional and scientific services -5.2 -8.2 -6.6 -11.0 -6.8 -3.0 +1.1 -4.7 +4.3 -5.2 -6.2 -4.5
Miscellaneous services -18.9 -16.4 -13.1 -11.4 -17.3 -9.7 +5.3 -4.3 -3.9 -6.8 -13.8 -10.1
Public administration and defence -5.6 -5.6 -2.5 -4.5 -4.4 -8.7 +2.3 -3.3 -6.1 -4.1 -4.4 -4.0
Not classified by industry +22.7 +15.2 +21.2 +14.1 +25.4 +22.6 +29.4 +33.9 +22.5 +14.8 +23.2 +22.4
Total, all industries and services -20.7 -30.0 -20.2 -24.8 -22.9 -20.5 -11.3 -14.0 -16.6 -15.9 -18.6 -18.4

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