§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the estimated total number of workers in the manufacturing industries in the intermediate areas and for each region.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows the latest information available:
ESTIMATES OF THE NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES Intermediate Areas (Thousands) June 1974 South Western … 37.9 Oswestry … 3.2 High Peak … 13.2 North Lincolnshire … 8.8 North Midlands … 71.2 Yorkshire and Humberside … 752.1 North West … 832.9 North Wales … 26.7 South East Wales … 39.6
Standard Regions June 1974 September 1975(provisional) South East and East Anglia 2,226.0 2,119.6 South West 448.1 426.3 West Midlands 1,080.9 1,001.1 East Midlands 616.6 593.6 Yorkshire and Humberside 764.4 743.3 North West 1,090.3 1,042.3 North 467.1 449.3 Wales 335.5 312.5 Scotland 676.1 640.0