§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give an analysis of the unemployed in the Consett travel-to-work area according to the Standard Industrial Classification.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives for May 1982, the last date for which an industrial analysis was made, the228W numbers of people registered as unemployed in the Consett travel-to-work area who last worked in the industries specified.
Standard Industrial Classification, 1968 Agriculture, forestry, fishing 73 Mining and quarrying 354 Food, drink and tobacco 82 Coal and petroleum products 7 Chemicals and allied industries 37 Metal manufacture 1,848 Mechanical engineering 785 Instrument engineering — Electrical engineering 195 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 12 Vehicles 63 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 55 Textiles 236 Leather, leather goods and fur 16 Clothing and footwear 114 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 110 Timber, furniture, etc. 77 Paper, printing and publishing 22 Other manufacturing industries 99 Construction 914 Gas, electricity and water 21 Transport and communication 171 Distributive trades 445 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 75 Professional and scientific services 249 Miscellaneous services 488 Public administration and defence 279 Not classified by industry (including school leavers) 1,247 TOTAL 8,074