§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry, further to his written reply dated 3 March, Official Report, c. 143, concerning the number of establishments employing more than 10 workers, whether 9W he will publish information in the Official Report showing the date on which the census was taken, the reduction in the number of establishments since the 1976 census absolutely and as a percentage of the 1976 figure, the corresponding figures for the numbers employed and such information as he has on closures and loss of employment in total or by sector since the census to which he was referring.
United Kingdom Manufacturing Sector Establishments Employing 11 or more Order; SIC (68) 1976 1979 Absolute change Percentage change Establishments Employment Thousands Establishments Employment Thousands Establishments Employment Thousands Establishments Employment III 3,973 745.5 3,718 716.2 -255 -29.3 -6.4 -3.9 IV 153 34.7 137 33.1 -16 -1.6 -10.5 -4.6 V 1,679 396.7 1.605 394.9 -74 -1.8 -4.4 -0.5 VI 1,922 464.0 1,829 417.4 -93 -46.6 -4.8 -10.0 VII 7,690 876.7 7,280 842.2 -410 -34.5 -5.3 -3.9 VIII 1,109 147.1 1,120 143.1 11 -40 1.0 -2.7 IX 2,593 694.2 2,472 660.3 -121 -33.9 -4.7 -4.9 X 596 173.8 563 151.8 -33 -22.0 -5.5 -12.7 XI 1,572 761.6 1,548 747.1 -24 -14.5 -1.5 -0.9 XII 6,401 484.3 6,221 453.4 -180 -30.9 -2.8 -6.4 XIII 3,384 507.4 3,101 443.0 -283 -64.4 -8.4 -12.7 XIV 742 37.5 661 31.8 -1 -5.7 -10.9 -15.2 XV 4,318 385.9 3,870 351.4 -448 -34.5 -10.4 -8.9 XVI 1,784 246.5 1,653 236.8 -131 -9.7 -7.3 -3.9 XVII 4,276 236.0 3,975 212.3 -301 -23.7 -7.0 -10.0 XVIII 5,304 518.2 5,099 495.6 -205 -22.6 -3.9 -4.4 XIX 2,759 328.0 2,758 316.9 -1 -11.1 -0.04 -3.4 Total 50,255 7,037.8 47,610 6,647.3 -2,645 -390.5 -5.3 -5.5 Notes:
1 The establishment is the basic reporting unit used for the annual census.
2. Estimates are derived from 1976 and 1979 Annual Census of Production results.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry, further to his reply of 3 March, Official Report, column 143, concerning the number of establishments employing more than 10 workers, whether he will publish information in the Official Report showing the number of establishments employing 500 or more workers and the numbers employed therein, the comparable information for the 1976 census and the percentage change between the two dates and the number of such plants that have closed or that have announced that they will close, since the date of the last census.
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United Kingdom Manufacturing Sector Establishments Employing 500 or more Order; SIC (68) 1976 1979 Absolute change Percentage change Establishments Employment Thousands Establishments Employment Thousands Establishments Employment Thousands Establishments Employment III 305 461.2 305 457.9 — -3.3 — -0.7 IV 17 20.6 17 19.7 — -0.9 — -4.4 V 171 270.3 171 278.2 — 7.9 — 2.9 VI 149 316.0 145 279.5 -4 -36.5 -2.7 -11.6 VII 355 447.1 347 427.4 -8 -19.7 -2.3 -4.4 VIII 65 76.5 55 68.2 -10 -8.3 -15.4 -10.8 IX 270 515.7 264 489.2 -6 -26.5 -2.2 -5.1 X 53 141.1 43 119.0 -10 -22.1 -18.9 -15.7 XI 160 652.8 152 644.8 -8 -8.0 -5.0 -1.2 XII 169 166.9 149 148.7 -20 -18.2 -11.8 -10.9 XIII 181 233.5 157 201.3 -24 -32.2 -13.2 -13.8 XIV 3 1.9 4 2.4 1 0.5 33.3 26.3 XV 118 124.1 120 119.5 2 -4.6 1.7 -3.7 XVI 98 128.7 94 125.4 -4 -3.3 -4.1 -2.6
§ Mr. MacGregorInformation provided in the written reply dated 3 March—[Vol. 19, c.143]—related to the annual census of production for 1979. The following table shows for 1976 and 1979 the numbers of establishments employing 11 or more and corresponding employment estimates, together with the change between these years in absolute and percentage terms. No information is yet available for individual employment size bands showing movements since 1979, and no comprehensive statistics for openings and closures are collected.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe following table shows for 1976 and 1979 numbers of manufacturing establishments employing 500 or more and corresponding employment estimates, together with the change between these years in absolute and percentage terms. No information is yet available for individual employment size bands showing movements since 1979, and no comprehensive statistics for openings and closures are collected.
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Order; SIC (68) 1976 1979 Absolute change Percentage change Establishments Employment Thousands Establishments Employment Thousands Establishments Employment Thousands Establishments Employment XVII 45 36.8 42 33.7 -3 -3.1 13.3 -8.4 XVIII 170 198.7 164 192.2 -6 -6.5 -3.5 -3.3 XIX 110 145.2 112 136.4 2 -8.8 1.8 -6.1 Total 2,439 3,937.1 2,341 3,743.4 -98 -193.7 -4.0 -4.9 Notes:
1. The establishment is the basic reporting unit used for the annual census.
2. Estimates are derived from 1976 and 1979 Annual Census of Production results.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry, further to his reply of 3 March, Official Report, column 143, concerning the number of establishments employing more than 10 workers, whether he will publish information in the Official Report showing the number of establishments employing 10 or fewer workers, the comparable figures for 1976 and the percentage change between the two dates and such information as is available to him, indicating the changes which have taken place since the last census.
§ Mr. MacGregorAnnual census of production results show that the number of manufacturing establishments employing fewer than 11 persons rose from approximately 57,000 to 60,000 between 1976 and 1979, an increase of about 3,000 establishments or 5 per cent. The corresponding employment estimates rose from approximately 270,000 to 280,000, an increase of about 10,000 workers, or 4 per cent.
These estimates are subject to wide margins or error as establishments employing fewer than 20 persons are generally exempt from the statistical surveys conducted by the business statistics office. Reliable estimates for sectors are not available. No information is yet available for individual employment size bands showing movements since 1979.