HC Deb 03 December 1980 vol 995 cc79-84W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the percentage change in employment in manufacturing, employment in local authorities and employment in service industries generally for each of the last 10 years, including latest estimates for 1980–81.

Mr. Jim Lester

Continuous employment estimates by industry for the whole economy over the whole of the last 10 years are readily available only from my Department's employment series. The latest figures relate to June 1980. The following table gives annual percentage changes in the total numbers of employees in employment in manufacturing industries—order groups III to XIX of the 1968 edition of the standard industrial classification, service industries—order groups XXII to XXVII—and local government service—minimum list heading 906 of the SIC. The figures for local government service cover only a proportion of all local authority employees: they exclude those engaged in, for example, building—included in the construction industry—and education and health—included as professional services in the services sector.

Percentage change in the numbers of employees in employment over the previous year
June Manufacturing industries Service industries Local government service
1971 -3.4 0.6 2.6
1972 -3.5 2.5 3.3
1973 0.7 3.7 2.8
1974 0.5 1.2 1.9
1975 -4.8 2.5 1.8
1976 -3.2 0.6 -3.8
1977 0.7 0.6 -1.5
1978 -0.8 0.9 0.8
1979 -1.1 1.7 1.7
1980 -5.1 -0.2 -0.5

Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the percentage increase in unemployment in each planning region of the United Kingdom, taking May 1978 as base 100.

Mr. Jim Lester

[pursuant to his reply, 28 November 1980]: The following table gives the provisional percentage increases between May 1978 and November 1980 in the numbers registered as unemployed, seasonally adjusted and excluding school leavers, in each region of Great Britain and in Northern Ireland.

Per cent.
South-East 39.1
East Anglia 40.3
South-West 23.6
West Midlands 80.5
East Midlands 60.8
Yorkshire and Humberside 58.9
North-West 48.8
North 40.3
Wales 46.5
Scotland 39.8
Northern Ireland 43.1

Mr. Millan

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the monthly unemployment figures for the United Kingdom and Scotland, respectively, on both a crude and seasonally adjusted basis, for each month from January 1972 to date.

Mr. Jim Lester

[pursuant to his reply, 1 December 1980: Following is the information:

Registered unemployed including school leavers and not adjusted for seasonal variations
Scotland United Kingdom
1972
Jan 149,750 971,489
Feb 148,829 968,226
Mar 148,241 966,978
April 144,370 956,447
May 132,464 871,872
June 125,591 804,256
July 132,400 817,726
Aug 134,807 875,068
Sep 134,895 862,441
Oct 129, 465 826,296
Nov 126,805 807,097

Scotland United Kingdom
Dec 124,104 779,800
1973
Jan 127,523 806,270
Feb 120,105 753,293
Mar 113,826 717,205
April 107,162 680,835
May 98,090 621,683
June 91,358 574,612
July 91,989 567,000
Aug 91,573 582,300
Sep 84,499 556,225
Oct 80,637 533,822
Nov 79,599 520,423
Dec 79,006 511,533
1974
Jan 95,116 627,483
Feb 93,144 628,812
Mar 89,658 618,413
April 86,160 607,602
May 78,357 561,646
June 77,201 541,500
July 86,760 574,306
Aug 89,687 661,020
Sep 85,075 649,675
Oct 83,470 640,797
Nov 85,468 653,003
Dec .. ..
1975
Jan 102,300 771,800
Feb 101,326 791,785
Mar 98,756 802,587
April 97,160 845,025
May 96,951 850,333
June 99,780 866,055
July 122,775 990,083
Aug 127,046 1,151,038
Sep 121,407 1,145,493
Oct 123,180 1,147,269
Nov 127,762 1,168,901
Dec 130,916 1,200,770
1976
Jan 150,072 1,303,243
Feb 146,787 1,304,416
Mar 145,128 1,284,905
April 145,569 1,281,117
May 141,935 1,271,826
June 144,134 1,331,838
July 165,649 1,463,456
Aug 170,100 1,501,976
Sep 161,403 1,455,708
Oct 158,028 1,377,110
Nov †160,300 †1,366,500
Dec †163,900 †1,371,000
1977
Jan 183,418 1,448,193
Feb 179,572 1,421,818
Mar 175,447 1,383,472
April 170,168 1,392,250
May 164,163 1,341,691
June 186,218 1,450,055
July 194,271 1,622,359
Aug 196,298 1,635,832
Sep 189,076 1,609,068
Oct 183,889 1,518,336
Nov 185,190 1,499,094
Dec 186,199 1,480,822
1978
Jan 203,629 1,548,544
Feb 196,789 1,508,674
Mar 191,038 1,460,966
April 180,862 1,451,758

Scotland United Kingdom
May 171,247 1,386,810
June 187,150 1,446,061
July 191,906 1,585,811
Aug 192,847 1,608,316
Sep 179,886 1,517,663
Oct 175,606 1,429,502
Nov 173,859 1,392,011
Dec 171,709 1,364,307
1979
Jan 190,300 1,455,275
Feb 191,689 1,451,877
Mar 182,997 1,402,254
April 175,590 1,340,595
May 165,441 1,299,282
June. 182,769 1,343,865
July 187,431 1,463,982
Aug 186,033 1,455,498
Sep 177,244 1,394,526
Oct* 178,489 1,367,639
Nov 179,528 1,355,203
Dec 180,250 1,355,458
1980
Jan 203,232 1,470,571
Feb 203,828 1,488,923
Mar 200,124 1,477,961
April 201,067 1,522,927
May 196,346 1,509,191
June 223,150 1,659,676
July 236,326 1,896,634
Aug 241,267 2,001,208
Sep 240,938 2,039,476
Oct 246,138 2,062,866
Nov (provisional) 254,559 2,162,874
..Not available.
*The figures from October 1979 are not comparable with those for earlier dates because of the introduction of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. It has been estimated that the resulting spurious effect is an increase of 20,000 on the monthly figures for the country as a whole from October 1979. The corresponding effect on the figures for Scotland is about 2,600.
†Estimated.

Registered unemployed, excluding school leavers and seasonally adjusted.
Scotland Thousands United Kingdom
1972
Jan 137.3 901.9
Feb 138.7 911.5
Mar 140.2 916.8
April 139.6 910.9
May 133.5 878.1
June 130.9 847.9
July 129.3 844.0
Aug 128.6 838.4
Sep 132.0 840.6
Oct 127.3 811.9
Nov 124.3 791.4
Dec 121.2 764.9
1973
Jan 116.4 741.6
Feb 111.9 701.6
Mar 107.6 673.6
April 104.1 650.0
May 100.1 634.0
June 97.3 620.0
July 93.6 601.2
Aug 90.5 577.7
Sep 86.5 557.6
Oct 82.6 539.2
Nov 80.2 522.0
Dec 78.3 513.0

Scotland Thousands United Kingdom
1974
Jan 83.0 563.4
Feb 84.9 577.7
Mar 84.5 582.5
April 83.8 581.9
May 81.2 574.2
June 83.2 588.6
July 84.0 595.0
Aug 84.9 616.5
Sep 85.6 627.6
Oct 85.1 638.1
Nov 85.7 648.9
Dec .. 676.0†
1975
Jan 92.1 703.1
Feb 91.0 733.8
Mar 92.8 768.8
April 94.7 812.1
May 99.2 858.5
June 103.8 905.0
July 110.2 960.5
Aug 112.2 993.2
Sep 115.7 1,030.1
Oct 121.1 1,088.7
Nov 125.1 1,129.4
Dec 127.5 1,166.5
1976
Jan 129.6 1,196.6
Feb 133.3 1,227.9
Mar 136.4 1,243.6
April 141.5 1,258.3
May 143.7 1,270.9
June 144.5 1,278.6
July 146.6 1,281.5
Aug 148.6 1,292.5
Sep 149.6 1,297.7
Oct 150.8 1,296.9
Nov †153.3 †1,307.5
Dec †156.0 †1,317.5
1977
Jan 158.7 1,329.2
Feb 160.3 1,331.7
Mar 161.6 1,333.7
April 162.7 1,341.4
May 163.4 1,337.5
June 168.8 1,378.6
July 170.3 1,393.0
Aug 172.0 1,393.2
Sep 174.2 1,414.0
Oct 174.8 1,419.7
Nov 175.8 1,424.9
Dec 177.2 1,424.7
1978
Jan 177.1 1,421.4
Feb 176.4 1,413.5

Employment Office/Jobcentre June 1980 July 1980 August 1980 September 1980 October 1980 November 1980 (provisional)
Batley 35 24 21 25 29 31
Bingley 60 59 39 44 42 28
Bradford 618 520 461 359 321 325
Bradford Professional and Executive Office 55 33 37 42 45 31
Bramley 93 99 75 75 76 59
Brighouse 68 67 52 50 45 56
Castleford 70 75 79 78 56 50
Dewsbury 136 138 129 87 76 75
Elland 25 17 14 13 13 11

Scotland Thousands United Kingdom
Mar 176.3 1,410.9
April 173.2 1,403.0
May 170.8 1,386.3
June 169.9 1,379.6
July 168.9 1,367.9
Aug 168.9 1,370.6
Sep 167.8 1,357.2
Oct 168.2 1,347.4
Nov 166.1 1,333.3
Dec 164.5 1,323.5
1979
Jan 165.8 1,340.9
Feb 172.4 1,366.0
Mar 170.3 1,360.3
April 169.3 1,325.3
May 166.7 1,306.1
June 165.2 1,281.8
July 166.5 1,276.4
Aug 166.0 1,262.0
Sep 167.3 1,261.9
Oct* 169.5 1,278.8
Nov 169.7 1,283.7
Dec 170.5 1,297.7
1980
Jan 175.7 1,336.7
Feb 182.3 1,383.1
Mar 184.8 1,413.5
April 191.6 1,458.1
May 194.1 1,483.8
June 198.8 1,535.1
July 205.2 1,605.7
Aug 211.8 1,695.4
Sep 220.2 1,784.4
Oct 230.2 1,892.6
Nov (provisional) 238.8 2,028.2
.. Not available
*From October 1979 the seasonally adjusted figures have been anjusted by deducting the estimated increases due to the introduction of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit.
†Estimated.