§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the following jobs are held by women in the engineering industry: (a) managers, (b) scientists and technologists, (c) technicians, (d) administrative and professional staff, (e) clerical and secretarial staff, (f) supervisors, (g) crafts and (h) operators.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation for all occupations requested is not available. The following table shows the latest available estimates for Great Britain for 1979.
Occupation* Women employed in engineering† as proportion of all employees Per cent. Managerial 0.6 Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields 0.1 Laboratory and engineering technicians, technician engineers 0.7 Administrative and professional staff 0.8 Clerical and related 4.9
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Unemployed for over 52 weeks Male Female Young people under 20 years of age (included in previous columns) North-West region 110,157 29,702 12,169 Merseyside special development area 42,095 10,457 5,295 Kirkby employment office area 3,011 610 342 Ormskirk employment office area 301 109 18
Occupation* Women employed in engineering† as proportion of all employees Per cent. Supervisors (manual) 0.7 Craft and similar occupations 0.7 Other manual 3.4 All occupations 2.3 * Based on the 1980 Classification of Occupations. † Mechanical, Instrument and Electrical engineering.