HC Deb 05 July 1972 vol 840 cc167-9W
Mr. Gwynoro Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the proportion of the employed population in each economic planning region engaged under Order XXIV and XXV of the Standard Industrial Classification in 1960, 1965, 1970 and 1971 for every region.

mechanical engineering and electrical engineering.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Employment estimates for June are available for Carmarthenshire up to June, 1970 and for Wales up to June, 1971. Following is the available information:

Mr. Dudley Smith

The following table shows estimates of the numbers of employees in Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services, and Professional and Scientific Services (Orders XXIV and XXV of the 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification and XXI and XXII of the 1958 edition) expressed as percentages of employees in all industries and services.

June, 1960 June, 1965 June, 1970 June, 1971
South-East … … 13.7 15.4 20.3 20.9
East Anglia … … 13.1 15.6 16.8
South-West … … 12.4 14.4 17.0 17.4
West Midlands … … 8.6 10.4 13.1 13.8
East Midlands … … 9.2 10.2 12.7 13.3
Yorkshire and Humberside … … 11.0 14.2 14.7
North-West … … 9.6 11.8 14.9 15.7
North … … 9.4 11.4 14.0 14.4
Wales … … 10.9 12.9 15.0 15.5
Scotland … … 11.5 13.5 16.2 17.0
For the South-East, East Anglia, East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside regions; separate figures for June, 1960, are not available.

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