HC Deb 18 February 1981 vol 999 cc134-5W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number employed by order of the standard industrial classification in each of the regions of the United Kingdom in November 1980.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The latest comprehensive employment estimates are for September 1980 and are provisional. Regional estimates for orders, or groups of orders, of the standard industrial classification are given in the table below.

Industry (Standard Industrial Classification 1968) South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
Distributive trades 959 92 208 233 180 219 314 142 99 225 55
Financial, professional and miscellaneous services 2,739 217 545 583 381 576 804 345 304 683 187
Public administration and defence 575 38 116 130 93 113 167 91 81 154 54
Total, all industries and services 7,167 679 1,538 2,112 1,489 1,915 2,552 1,204 953 2,001 496