§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report, for each region in the United Kingdom, the percentage change of employees in employment between June 1974 and June 1983 in (a) manufacturing and (b) services.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following table gives the provisional changes for each region in Great Britain between June 1974 and June 1983. It also gives the provisional changes for Northern Ireland between June 1974 and March 1983 (not available for June). The information is based on the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification.
Manufacturing industries (Orders III-XIX of the 1968 SIC) Percentage change Service industries (Orders XXII-XXVII of the 1968 SIC) Percentage change South-East -25.1 +2.5 East Anglia -190 +15.1 South-West -24.1 +11.0 West Midlands -36.4 +5.7 East Midlands -23.8 +14.2 Yorkshire and Humberside -33.5 +5.0 North-West -33.6 +2.9 North -36.0 +6.2 Wales -37.9 +9.8 Scotland -36.2 +8.0 Northern Ireland -40.1 +21.5