§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were (a) the numbers employed in manufacturing industry and (b) the numbers expressed as a percentage of the total number of those employed in both 1970 and at the latest
EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT June 1970 June 1980 (provisional) Manufacturing industries (000s) Manufacturing as percentage of all industries and services Manufacturing industries (0000s) Manufacturing as percentage of all industries and services South East … … … 2,231 30.5 1,761 24.4 East Anglia … … … 197 31.6 195 28.4 South West … … … 442 30.9 415 26.6 West Midlands … … 1,139 50.7 916 42.4 East Midlands … … 637 44.2 562 37.3 Yorkshire and Humberside … 815 41.4 657 33.7 North West … … … 1,186 43.7 922 35.6 North … … … … 478 38.8 397 32.5 Wales … … … … 332 34.3 281 29.0 Scotland … … … 708 34.4 555 27.4 Great Britain … … … 8,164 37.1 6,660 30.4