§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1960 the number of manufacturing jobs in Scotland broken down by industrial group, the peak employment in each group since 1954, the latest available figure and the numbers currently unemployed in each group.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[pursuant to his reply, 1 March 1984, c. 310]: Consistent estimates of employees in employment are available for Scotland for June each year from June 1965. The following table gives the numbers of employees in employment for broad groups of manufacturing industries from 1965 to 1983 analysed according to the 1968 standard industrial classification. The year within that period in which a group's mid-year employment was greatest is indicated by an asterisk. The figures for 1982 and 1983 are provisional. Information about the numbers currently unemployed in each group is not available.
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Employees in employment in maufacturing industries—Scotland—at June each year Thousands SIC 11968) 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 III Food, drink and tobacco 97 97 96 94 98 *99 97 95 95 99 92 91 92 91 90 88 84 79 73 IV-V Coal, petroleum and chemical products 34 34 33 33 34 33 31 29 29 31 31 31 34 *35 35 33 30 28 26 VI Metal manufacture *53 52 50 47 47 47 46 43 44 43 44 39 40 37 34 32 27 26 22 V1I-XII Engineering and allied industries 294 *297 289 285 293 296 276 260 268 286 273 258 257 255 255 233 210 197 183 XII-XV Textile, leather and clothing 124 *126 118 119 122 113 106 107 109 106 93 91 94 90 90 81 71 65 61 XVI-XXI Other manufacturing *122 119 117 122 121 120 113 110 111 111 104 98 98 96 97 92 83 79 75