§ Mr. Nicholas Brownasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the total numbers employed in the north Tyneside travel-to-work area in the shipbuilding and heavy engineering industries, by year since 1974.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe available information is as follows:
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Employees in employment in the North Tyne travel-to-work area Standard Industrial Classification 1968 June 1974 June 1975 June 1976 June 1977 June 1978 September 1981 Order X Shipbuilding & marine engineering 15.7 15.6 15.1 14.5 14.4 11.5 Order IX Electrical engineering 7.9 7.5 7.3 7.1 6.2 5.7 Order VII Mechanical engineering 11.3 11.4 110 10.5 10.8 8.2 Source: Censuses of employment.
Notes:1 Censuses were not taken in 1979 and 1980 and results of the following (most recent) September 1981 census are the latest available.
2 The estimates relate to Orders of the Standard Industrial Classification (1968 edition) which sub-divides the industries in question in the way shown and does not separately distinguish between shipbuilding and marine engineering or heavy and light engineering.