§ Mr. Pendryasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list job losses in the shipbuilding, heavy engineering, textiles, motor manufacturing, coal mining, construction, agriculture and fisheries industries, respectively, for each year since May 1979; and what was the total number of manufacturing jobs lost in each year.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 28 July 1982]: Precise information about job gains and job losses is not available, but an indication of the net effect can be seen by comparing levels of employees in employment at different dates.
The attached table gives, for Great Britain, the changes in the provisional numbers of employees in employment in the industries specified between March and March each year from 1979. Comprehensive information is not available for May.
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Changes in the numbers of employees in employment (thousands) March 1979 March 1980 March 1980 March 1981 March 1981 March 1982 Shipbuilding and marine engineering -15.2 -7.7 -4.9 Mechanical and electrical engineering -59.2 -171.5 -105.3 Textiles -39.2 -59.7 -20.1 Motor vehicle manufacturing -18.1 -74.9 -45.3 Coal mining +0.9 -9.9 -14.3 Construction -5.8 -98.8 -123.7
March 1979 March 1980 March 1980 March 1981 March 1981 March 1982 Agriculture, forestry and fishing -4.7 +0.9 -8.8 All manufacturing industries -236.5 -749.9 -386.7
§ Mr. Pendryasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the total number of jobs lost in each region of the United Kingdom in each year since May 1979.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 28 July 1982]: Precise information about job gains and job losses is not available but an indication of the net effect can be seen by comparing levels of employees in employment at different dates.
The attached table gives, for the areas specified, the decreases in the total numbers of employees in employment between March and March each year from 1979. The information, which is based on quarterly provisional figures, is not available for May.
Decreases in total numbers of employees in employment (thousands) March 1979 March 1980 March 1980 March 1981 March 1981 March 1982 South-East 38.8 296.6 238.7 East Anglia 3.8 29.8 23.2 South-West 1.4 65.9 26.6 West Midlands 27.5 176.4 98.0 East Midlands 11.7 80.2 38.4 Yorkshire and Humberside 19.4 121.7 72.7 North-West 42.3 159.9 105.7 North 14.6 76.0 45.3 Wales 11.9 77.4 31.5 Scotland 17.0 104.2 76.8 Northern Ireland 4.3 29.7 *12.0 * The decrease is for the period March 1981 to December 1981, the latest date for which estimates for Northern Ireland are available.