HC Deb 19 January 1979 vol 960 cc915-6W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make available local area level information from the census of employment to enable employment problems in local labour markets to be identified.

Mr. Harold Walker:

Summaries from the census of employment showing the total number of male and female employees in employment analysed by eight broad industrial groupings are prepared for 1,000 local employment office areas and are freely available.

More detailed summaries showing the numbers employed in each industry—the minimum list headings of the Standard Industrial Classification (1968)—may be disclosed in confidence in approved cases under the provisions of section 4(3)(f)of the Employment and Training Act 1973.