HC Deb 30 November 1982 vol 33 c143W
Mr. Foster

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of the population in Scotland is employed in service sector industries.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The estimated percentage of the population of Scotland represented by employees in employment in service sector industries—SIC XXIIXXVII—at June 1982 is 22.8. This figure is provisional, and subject to revision when the results of the 1981 census of employment become available.