HC Deb 18 February 1985 vol 73 cc349-50W
Mr. Flannery

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what changes have taken place in the

Employees in employment in Yorkshire and Humberside
Thousand
Standard industrial classification 1968 June 1978 September 1981 Net change 1978 to 1981
Textiles (Order XIII) 98.2 66.4 -31.8
Clothing (Order XV excluding MLH 450, footwear) 37.2 27.5 -9.7
Iron and steel and steel tubes (MLHs 311 and 312) 65.0 44.9 -20.1

Mr. Redmond

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what changes have taken place in the numbers of people employed in the fishing industry in the Yorkshire and Humberside region since June 1979.

Mr. Alan Clark

The available information is for the period from June 1978 to September 1981, when censuses of employment were taken. In that period, the number of employees employed in the fishing industry in Yorkshire and Humberside fell by 700, from 2,700 in 1978 to 2,000 in 1981.

Mr. Lofthouse

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what changes have taken place in the number of people employed in the coal mining industry in the Yorkshire and Humberside region since June 1979;

(2) what changes have taken place in the number of people employed in manufacturing industries in Yorkshire and Humberside region since June 1979.

Mr. Alan Clark

Regional employment estimates related to the coal mining industry are available only for the period from June 1978 to September 1981 when censuses of employment were taken. In that period, the number of employees employed in the industry in Yorkshire and Humberside fell by 1,300, from 79,400 in 1978 to 78,100 in 1981.

Quarterly estimates of the total numbers of employees in employment in manufacturing industries, analysed by region, are published regularly in Table 1.5 of the labour market data section of Employment Gazette, copies of which are in the Library. Estimates for June 1983 to September 1984, the latest available, were published in the January issue of Employment Gazette. Estimates for June 1979 to March 1983 were contained in table 1.5 of historical supplement No. 1 to the August 1984 issue of Employment Gazette.

Mr. Lofthouse

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what increase has taken place in the total number of people unemployed in Yorkshire and Humberside region since June 1979.

Mr. Alan Clark

Estimates of unemployed claimants by region are available in the House of Commons Library.

number of people employed in the textile and clothing industry in the Yorkshire and Humberside region since June 1979;

(2) what changes have taken place in the numbers of people employed in the steel industry in the Yorkshire and Humberside region since 1979.

Mr. Alan Clark

The available information is for the period from June 1978 to September 1981 when censuses of employment were taken and is as follows:

Comparisons are affected by the 1983 Budget provisions which enable some men, mainly aged 60 and over, to receive the long term rate of supplementary benefit and national insurance credits without having to sign on at an unemployment benefit office. In the Yorkshire and Humberside region, it is estimated that some 17,100 men were affected.