HC Deb 08 February 1979 vol 962 cc240-2W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table to show the net change in the level of employment in each of the areas covered by sector working parties under the industrial strategy between 1973 and the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Golding

The information in the following table relates to standard industrial classification groupings that correspond as closely as possible to the coverage of the sector working parties. The relationship between the sector working parties and individual MLH headings is often approximate and figures given in the table do not necessarily reflect the employment position in the sectors concerned. The figures for 1978 are provisional.

TOTAL EMPLOYEES, GREAT BRITAIN, JUNE
(000s)
Nearest Corresponding Minimum List Headings MLH 1973 1976 Change Change Per cent. 1978 1973–78 Change Change Per cent.
Food and Drink 211–239 … 694.9 657.7 -37.2 -5.35 665.2 -29.7 -4.27
General Chemicals 271 … 134.8 131.9 -2.9 -2.15 135.8 1.0 0.74
General Chemicals and Synthetic Resins 271 and 276 … 181.4 182.9 1.5 0.83 187.0 5.6 3.09
Pharmaceutical Chemicals and Preparations 272 … 74.2 70.5 -3.7 -4.99 73.0 -1.2 -1.62
Iron and Steel (General) and Steel Tubes 311 and 312 … 300.7 283.1 -17.6 -5.85 269.6 -31.1 -10.34
Iron Castings etc. 313 … 87.8 75.6 -12.2 -13.90 75.1 -12.7 -14.46
Non-Ferrous Metals 321,322,323 … 129.0 110.4 -18.6 -14.42 114.1 -14.9 -11.55
Metal Working Machine Tools 332 … 65.1 62.9 -2.2 -3.38 64.9 -0.2 -0.31
Pumps, Valves and Compressors 333 … 79.3 83.3 4.0 5.04 84.3 5.0 6.31
Industrial Engines 334 … 27.0 29.0 2.0 7.40 29.9 2.9 10.74
Textile Machinery and Accessories 335 … 35.0 26.6 -8.4 -24.0 23.1 -11.9 -34.00
Construction and Earth Moving Equipment 336 … 37.2 42.5 5.3 14.25 42.9 5.7 15.32
Mechanical Handling Equipment 337 … 62.3 58.3 -4.0 -6.42 60.8 -1.5 -2.41
Office Machinery 338 … 28.9 23.9 -5.0 -17.3 22.3 -6.6 -22.84
Other Machinery 339 … 228.9 210.6 -18.3 -7.99 216.2 -12.7 -5.55
Industrial Plant and Steel Work 341 … 159.1 162.6 3.5 2.20 156.1 -3.0 -1.89
Surgical, Scientific and Industrial Instruments 353 and 354 … 132.4 123.5 -8.9 -6.72 123.7 -8.7 -6.57
Electrical Machinery 361 … 133.2 134.5 1.3 0.98 133.3 0.1 0.08
Telegraph and Telephone Apparatus and Equipment 363 … 88.3 73.6 -14.7 -16.65 65.3 -23.0 -26.05
Electronic Components 364 … 136.0 124.6 -11.4 -8.38 127.9 -8.1 -5.96
Broadcast Receiving and Sound Producing Equipment 365 … 68.6 52.0 -16.6 -24.20 49.6 -19.0 -27.70
Electronic Computers 366 … 45.7 42.2 -3.5 -7.66 45.9 0.2 0.44
Radio, Radar and Electronic Capital Goods 367 … 80.2 89.2 9.0 11.22 43.9 13.7 17.08
Electronic Appliances primarily for Domestic Use 368 … 64.8 60.2 -4.6 -7.10 62.3 -2.5 -3.86
Engineers Small Tools and Gauges 390 … 64.0 60.2 -3.8 -5.94 60.6 -3.4 -5.31
Production of Man-Made Fibres 411 … 35.7 34.1 -1.6 -4.48 30.5 -5.2 -14.57
Woollen and Worsted 414 … 106.7 81.6 -25.1 -23.52 79.5 -27.2 -25.49
Hosiery and Other Knitted Goods 417 … 127.0 113.8 -13.2 -10.39 114.6 -12.4 -9.76
Clothings 441–445, 449 … 325.8 285.5 -40.3 -12.37 285.0 -40.8 -12.52
Footwear 450 … 85.4 73.0 -12.4 -14.52 74.8 -10.6 -12.41
Paper and Board 481 … 68.7 62.4 -6.3 -9.17 62.5 -6.2 -9.02
Rubber 491 … 116.4 108.2 -8.2 -7.04 109.5 -6.9 -5.93
Plastic Products Notot Elsewhere Specified 496 … 122.2 114.4 -7.8 -6.38 121.2 -1.0 -0.83
The figures are for June in the respective years. For 1973 and 1976 the results of the Annual Census of Employment have been used; 1978 figures are provision.