§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many companies have been (a) registered and (b) deregistered in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Eyre[pursuant to his reply, 19 January 1981]: The information is as follows:
industry in which the unemployed person last worked and the latest date for which this information is available is 13 November 1980. A corresponding industrial analysis of notified unfilled vacancies is available for 7 November, this information is given in the following table for the areas specified.
The vacancy figures relate only to those notified to employment offices and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the economy as a whole. Because of possible duplication the figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together.
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R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies Standard Industrial Classification 1968 at † at ‡ at † at ‡ at † at ‡ at † at ‡ South East East Anglia South west West Midlands Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5991 174 40 2,832 72 7 3,441 72 12 2,511 47 13 Mining and quarrying 771 24 1 199 2 — 700 6 — 2,249 7 — Food, drink and tobacco 8,562 343 26 2,954 127 3 4,650 74 2 4,187 74 33 Coal and petroleum products 902 17 3 30 — — 116 2 — 84 2 — Chemicals and allied industries 5,961 355 45 537 18 — 1,121 19 1 1,541 74 3 Metal manufacture 3,072 104 11 241 12 — 769 16 — 10,989 54 6 Mechanical engineering 12,661 1,226 36 2,407 93 5 4,865 187 6 9,675 171 9 Instrument engineering 2,478 393 27 234 20 — 769 56 1 379 16 1 Electrical engineering 12,158 2,061 62 1,034 39 2 2,791 117 6 6,075 178 18 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 1,934 28 3 414 32 — 1,138 16 — 163 3 1 Vehicle 7,518 784 8 942 20 1 1,973 70 4 16,258 70 4 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 9,479 590 42 846 88 4 1,927 82 3 26,665 201 21 Textiles 1,942 131 18 195 7 2 841 12 3 2,927 33 — Leather, leather goods and fur 735 83 14 66 3 — 291 5 1 562 11 4 Clothing and footwear 6,914 1,436 97 616 34 1 1,560 33 6 2,250 99 8 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 2,666 140 12 328 10 1 722 11 — 5,580 53 4 Timber, furniture, ect. 6,179 438 29 683 35 — 1,458 72 2 1,929 98 5 Paper, Printing and publishing 9,891 401 68 770 41 2 2,426 77 5 1,952 32 24 Other manufacturing industries 8,283 391 30 1,026 57 3 2,083 42 2 3,732 59 2 Construction 56,006 1,852 82 6,243 191 4 16,589 405 9 23,948 290 12 Gas, electricity and water 2,140 141 11 287 14 3 855 19 1 887 24 3 Transport and communication 24,575 1,735 66 2,323 140 1 6,107 397 4 6,454 109 17 Distributive trades 47,418 7,074 626 4,746 434 27 14,777 890 73 18,503 997 83 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 19,127 2,753 192 1,284 199 22 3,426 392 10 3,975 551 31 Professional and scientific services 21,348 4,874 283 2,214 378 10 7,103 769 17 6,595 459 39 Miscellaneous and defence 56,328 8,762 432 6,457 894 25 22,832 1,427 37 19,015 1,047 97 Public administration and defence 21,890 2,519 488 2,258 182 5 7,556 401 9 6,438 398 47 Not classified by industry (including school leavers) 94,736 — — 8,496 — — 23,948 — — 48,899 — — Total 451,644 38,829 2,752 50,662 3,142 128 136,834 5,669 214 234,391 5,157 485 * Registered Unemployed. † Employment Offices. ‡ Careers Offices.
R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies Standard Industrial Classification 1968 at † at ‡ at † at ‡ at † at ‡ at † at ‡ East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North-west North Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2,725 80 9 3,860 64 8 1,892 18 6 1,454 11 3 Mining and quarrying 6,053 54 1 6,298 12 2 1,357 1 — 4,836 2 — Food, drink and tobacco 3,811 87 5 7,313 242 17 10,584 131 3 3,695 72 6 Coal and petroleum products 119 7 — 371 4 — 473 31 — 153 2 — Chemicals and allied industries 1,432 73 10 2,508 28 1 6,466 131 4 2,842 80 2 Metal manufacture 6,493 215 8 7,097 170 6 10,429 219 1 6,936 147 5 Mechanical engineering 6,493 215 8 7,097 170 6 10,429 219 1 6,936 147 5 Instrument engineering 177 71 — 263 23 3 518 24 — 559 4 — Electrical engineering 1,803 283 4 2,241 64 1 6,676 185 2 4,551 63 6 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 154 24 — 697 32 — 1,904 16 — 4,674 29 1 Vehicles 2,050 32 — 3,497 52 5 6,287 106 3 1,151 26 — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 2,585 59 4 6,731 91 5 6,908 96 6 2,091 32 4 Textiles 7,815 376 23 10,495 81 16 15,356 99 5 2,749 11 3 Leather, leather goods and fur 427 11 1 427 23 4 860 22 3 280 2 — Clothing and footwear 4,338 248 12 4,997 117 3 7,186 221 12 4,579 79 — Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 1,413 34 1 2,349 14 2 3,450 30 — 1,837 14 — Timber, furniture, etc. 1,472 90 7 2,744 79 6 3,748 82 2 1,439 36 4 Paper, Printing and publishing 1,406 54 3 2,003 50 6 4,756 89 3 1,518 29 2 Other manufacturing industries 2,163 77 1 2,197 36 — 6,130 64 6 1,518 29 2 Construction 15,527 218 10 26,287 320 16 38,605 405 13 29,338 224 10 Gas, electricity and water 560 19 1 667 63 1 1,180 42 1 624 21 1 Transport and communication 4,225 261 5 7,401 131 4 14,474 266 16 5,876 106 4 Distributive trades 10,161 950 51 17,348 131 4 14,474 266 16 5,876 106 4 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 1,841 333 9 2,949 354 16 5,973 479 14 2,560 222 9 Professional and scientific services 3,947 481 6 6,282 581 30 10,272 750 15 5,735 589 9 Miscellaneous and defence 12,135 937 35 18,383 1,122 36 34,195 1,747 26 16,700 972 8 Public administration and defence 4,603 300 29 7,642 549 27 12,831 757 12 8,792 525 12 Not classified by industry (including school leavers) 22,776 — — 39,959 — — 63,896 — — 31,166 — — Total 127,684 5,397 236 200,846 5,320 287 311,952 7,715 210 168,339 4,248 135 * Registered Unemployed. † Employment Offices. ‡ Careers Offices. 86W 87W
R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies Standard Industrial Classification 1968 at † at ‡ at † at ‡ at † at ‡ Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1,726 26 9 5,255 111 7 2,351 3 2 Mining and quarrying 2,520 26 1 3,925 69 1 372 1 —
R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies R/U* Notified Unfilled Vacancies Standard Industrial Classification 1968 at † at ‡ at † at ‡ at † at ‡ Food, drink and tobacco 2,586 52 4 10,110 339 10 3,169 13 2 Coal and petroleum products 227 11 — 206 2 — 51 — — Chemicals and allied industries 1,556 54 1 2,322 215 7 368 12 1 Metal manufacture 1,556 54 1 2,322 215 7 368 12 1 Mechanical engineering 2,854 56 6 9,746 665 8 1,315 31 5 Instrument engineering 395 17 — 1,646 36 1 97 1 — Electrical engineering 2,409 58 2 5,213 366 3 1,722 21 2 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 267 2 — 3,744 154 — 827 10 1 Vehicles 1,805 89 — 2,660 37 — 423 13 — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 3,457 53 2 3,626 126 — 856 7 3 Textiles 1,328 12 — 6,987 274 4 4,330 13 2 Leather, leather goods and fur 143 1 — 464 14 — 73 — — Clothing and footwear 2,472 58 11 4,869 352 12 3,772 24 1 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 929 20 — 2,034 35 2 632 1 — Timber, furniture, etc. 1,175 51 1 1,868 69 3 655 8 1 Paper, Printing and publishing 1,015 40 3 3,015 72 2 704 3 1 Other manufacturing industries 2,935 64 — 2,210 33 1 704 11 — Construction 22,061 262 9 36,671 1,125 20 20,263 55 20 Gas, electricity and water 502 38 1 838 87 1 291 — — Transport and communication 4,669 134 5 9,538 1,134 9 2,329 13 6 Distributive trades 10,704 598 32 23,223 2,337 87 7,529 114 37 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 1,948 293 3 4,164 793 24 1,354 69 2 Professional and scientific services 5,036 528 5 10,252 1,565 27 4,726 62 2 Miscellaneous services 12,581 789 32 28,329 1,997 47 6,472 99 14 Public administration and defence 6,939 460 5 15,836 1,240 18 4,599 85 7 Not classified by industry (including school leavers) 27,462 — — 48,111 — — 21,460 — — Total 134,277 3,811 132 254,559 13,306 296 91,686 669 109 * Registered Unemployed. † Employment Offices. ‡ Careers Offices.