§ Mr. Pittasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest available breakdown of the total number of unemployed people registered at the borough office, Southwark in terms of the Standard Industrial Classification.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives for May 1982, the last date for which an industrial analysis was made, the numbers of people registered as unemployed—old basis—at the borough jobcentre analysed by the 1968 standard industrial classification orders. The information relates to the industries in which the unemployed persons last worked.
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Standard Industrial Classification, 1968 Number Agriculture, forestry, fishing 8 Mining and quarrying 1 Food, drink and tobacco 145 Coal and petroleum products 5 Chemicals and allied industries 24 Metal manufacture 16 Mechanical engineering 61 Instrument engineering 16
Number Electrical engineering 39 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 1 Vehicles 17 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 58 Textiles 20 Leather, leather goods and fur 21 Clothing and footwear 52 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 11 Timber, furniture, etc. 50 Paper, printing and publishing 139 Other manufacturing industries 39 Construction 874 Gas, electricity and water 23 Transport and communication 242 Distributive trades 537 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 289 Professional and scientific services 166 Miscellaneous services 841 Public administration and defence 263 Not classified by industry (including school leavers) 1,412 Total 5,370