§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs were lost in the following industries in the county of Derbyshire in 1981 and to the nearest available date in 1982 (a) metal manufacturing, (b) textiles, (c) mechanical engineering, (d) food, drink and tobacco, (e) construction, (f) bricks, (g) pottery and glass and (h) railways.
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§ Mr. AlisonThe information is not available in the form requested. Comparison of the employee figures for different dates indicates net changes but changes in levels of employment for 1981 are not available for Derbyshire.
Employee figures for counties are obtained from the census of employment and the most recent are for June 1978. No censuses were taken in 1979 and 1980 and information from the September 1981 census is not yet available.
The following table shows the numbers of redundancies confirmed to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in Derbyshire during 1981 and in the first six months of 1982. These figures cannot be equated with actual job losses. Neither are they comprehensive—they do not, for example, include redundancies affecting fewer than 10 people.
Standard Industrial Classification (1968) Number of Redundancies Order or minimum list heading (MLH) January to December 1981 January to June 1982 Order VI—Metal manufacturing 1,517 583 Order XIII—Textiles 439 428 Order VII—Mechanical engineering 509 384 Order III—Food, drink and tobacco 13 11 Order XX—Construction 397 124 MLH 461—Bricks 124 15 MLHs 462 and 463—Pottery and glass 191 72 MLH 701—Railways 35 12 Notes:
1. Figures for 1982 are provisional.
2. Figures from February 1981 are not exactly comparable with earlier figures because of improvements in data collection.