§ Mr. Bob Dunnasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of persons employed in the manufacture of goods for sale and the number of persons employed in all other categories of employment, giving the same in percentage terms; if he will publish these figures for each of the 10 years prior to and including 1980 and provide similar comparisons for the United States of America, France, West Germany and Japan.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 26 January 1981, c. 307]: Following is the latest available information for manufacturing industries. It is important to note that these data are not fully comparable, owing to differences between countries in coverage and methods of compilation of the statistics.
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Numbers employment in Non-Manufacturing Percentage of employment in Non-Manufacturing United Kingdom France Germany (FR)* Japan USA United Kingdom France Germany (FR)* Japan USA 1970 15,916 14,667 .. 37,170 56,427 65.3 72.1 .. 73.0 71.8 1971 15,850 14,696 .. 37,380 58,988 66.0 71.9 .. 73.0 74.6 1972 16,113 14,758 16,575 37,430 61,239 67.1 71.8 63.4 73.0 75.0 1973 16,656 14,908 16,660 38,160 62,837 67.7 71.6 63.6 72.6 74.4 1974 16,719 15,001 16,278 38,100 64,402 67.6 71.6 63.4 72.8 74.9 1975 16,985 14,911 15,908 38,770 64,776 69.1 72.1 64.2 74.2 76.4 1976 17,062 15,070 15,772 39,260 66,671 69.8 72.5 64.2 74.5 76.2 1977 17,092 15,232 15,754 40,020 69,095 69.7 72.8 64.3 74.9 76.3 1978 17,198 15,331 15,956 40,820 72,048 70.0 73.3 64.6 75.5 76.3 1979 17,435 .. .. .. .. 70.6 .. .. .. .. 1980 17,385 .. .. .. .. 71.6 .. .. .. .. Source: OECD Labour Force Statistics. .. Not available. * Series prior to 1972 not available on the same basis.