§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of fishermen and ancillary workers unemployed from January 1970 and each year until January 1983 in the Hull travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the available information at December in each of the years specified—figures are not available for January—and at September 1982, the last date for which information is available. The figures given are the numbers of unemployed people registered at jobcentres in the Hull travel-to-work area for employment in fishing and related occupations.
Year Supervisors and Mates Fishermen Others Total December 1972* 42 101 2 145 December 1973 49 111 — 160 December 1974† — — — — December 1975 114 333 — 447 December 1976† — — — — December 1977 60 229 — 289 December 1978 67 310 — 377 December 1979 38 169 — 207 December 1980 72 290 — 362 December 1981 64 317 — 381 September 1982 70 372 — 442 * Not available prior to this date. † Not available due to industrial action in Department of Employment offices.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of people employed in the fishing and ancillary industries in the Hull travel-to-work area for January 1970 and each January to 1983.
§ Mr. AlisonEmployment statistics for local areas are available from censuses of employment conducted annually from 1971 to 1978. Censuses were not taken in 1979 and 1980 and local results from the September 1981 census are not yet ready. The figures are analysed according to the 1968 standard industrial classification—SIC—which does not separately distinguish industries ancillary to fishing. The following table gives information for the fishing industry—minimum list216W heading 003 of the 1968 SIC—in the area at June each year from 1971 to 1978. Figures for January and comparable figures for earlier years are not available.
Employees in employment in the fishing industry Hull travel-to-work area June (000s) 1971 1.8 1972 1.9 1973 2.3 1974 2.1 1975 2.1 1976 1.7 1977 1.7 1978 1.2