HC Deb 14 December 1979 vol 975 c801W
Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is his estimate of the proportion of the work force in unskilled employment for each year over the past 10 years;

(2) what has been the proportion of the work force in unskilled employment by sector for each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Jim Lester

Information is not available in the form requested. However, from the 1971 census of population

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing; Mining and Quarrying. (Orders I and II of the Standard Industrial Classification, 1968) per cent. Manufacturing Industries (Orders III-X1X) per cent Other industries and services (Orders X X-XXVII)per cent.
June 1960 … … 6.9 38.4 54.7
June 1961 … … 6.5 38.4 55.1
June 1962 … … 6.2 37.7 56.1
June 1963 … … 6.1 37.0 56.9
June 1964 … … 5.7 37.0 57.2
June 1965 … … 5.3 37.1 57.6
June 1966 … … 5.0 36.9 58.1
June 1967 … … 4.8 36.5 58.7
June 1968 … … 4.4 36.4 59.2
June 1969 … … 4.1 36.9 58.9
June 1970 … … 3.9 37.1 59.0
June 1971 … … 3.8 36.4 59.8
June 1972 … … 3.7 35.2 61.2
June 1973 … … 3.5 34.6 61.9
June 1974 … … 3.4 34.6 62.1
June 1975 … … 3.3 33.0 63.7
June 1976 … … 3.3 32.2 64.5
June 1977 … … 3.3 32.5 64.2
June 1978 … … 3.2 32.2 64.5
June 1979 … … 3.1 31.7 65.3
* Provisional.