HC Deb 26 June 1979 vol 969 cc131-2W
Mr. Park

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of employees in service industries for the

NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED
Total Up to 4 weeks Over 4 weeks
South-East 267,364 41,038 226,326
East Anglia 31,328 4,519 26,809
South-West 89,121 11,469 77,652
West Midlands 117,689 14,549 103,140
East Midlands 70,882 8,072 62,810
Yorkshire and Humberside 112,917 14,131 98,786
North-West 191,066 22,494 168,572
North 109,636 13,532 96,104
Wales 83,024 10,012 73,012
Scotland 165,441 20,591 144,850
Great Britain 1,238,468 160,407 1,078,061

Mr. Park

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons joined the unemployment register during the past three months, or to the nearest convenient date; and how many left the register during the same period.

latest month for which statistics are available, nationally and regionally.

Mr. Jim Lester

The following table gives provisional estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in the service industries at December 1978, the latest date for which this information is available.

Thousands
South-East and East Anglia* 5,343
South-West 922
West Midlands 1,046
East Midlands 718
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,035
North-West 1,469
North 663
Wales 550
Scotland 1,192
Great Britain 12,938
Service industries have been taken as Orders XXII-XXVII of the Standard Industrial Classification (1968).
*Estimates are not available for the South-East and East Anglia regions separately.