HC Deb 14 March 1986 vol 93 cc602-5W
Dr. Cunningham

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish the total number of people in employment in each non-metropolitan county, metropolitan county and the Greater London area in April of each year from 1975 to 1985, showing the percentage change from year to year, and the overall percentage change from 1975 to 1985.

Mr. Lang

The available information is as follows and relates to June each year from 1975 to 1978, when censuses of employment were taken. For the Greater London area, figures for periods since 1981 are derived from employment estimates based on small-scale sample inquiries which do not produce reliable results for smaller areas. More up to date employment estimates for the other

Employees in employment
Numbers (thousands) Percentage change
June June June June September
1975 1976 1977 1978 1981 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–81 1975–81
Non-metropolitan counties
Avon 387.1 380.7 386.5 389.0 376.8 -1.7 +1.5 +0.6 -3.1 -2.7
Bedfordshire 193.4 195.0 198.0 202.9 192.7 +0.9 +1.5 +2.5 -5.0 -0.4
Berkshire 296.0 301.3 304.0 312.1 311.5 +1.8 +0.9 +2.7 -0.2 +5.3
Buckinghamshire 175.1 176.5 182.5 188.6 197.7 +0.8 +3.4 +3.3 +4.8 +12.9
Cambridgeshire 208.4 210.1 211.2 212.2 214.5 +0.8 +0.5 +0.5 +1.1 +2.9
Cheshire 352.1 349.8 358.2 356.2 341.9 -0.7 +2.4 -0.5 -4.0 -2.9
Cleveland 251.7 250.4 246.8 241.9 211.2 -0.5 -1.5 -2.0 -12.7 -16.1
Cornwall 120.7 120.7 122.8 125.3 118.0 — +1.8 +2.0 -5.8 -2.2
Cumbria 185.0 182.7 183.7 181.5 175.5 -1.3 +0.6 -1.2 -3.3 -5.2
Derbyshire 360.8 360.2 359.6 366.6 347.4 -0.1 -0.2 +1.9 -5.2 -3.7
Devon 310.2 309.7 310.4 313.1 311.1 -0.2 +0.2 +0.9 -0.7 +0.3
Dorset 187.2 187.7 194.6 199.0 198.3 +0.3 +3.7 +2.3 -0.4 +5.9
Durham 218.0 213.3 219.0 216.0 191.0 -2.2 +2.7 -1.4 -11.6 -12.3
East Sussex 192.6 195.5 196.5 200.1 206.4 +1.5 +0.5 +1.8 +3.2 +7.2
Essex 466.5 464.3 462.8 468.1 445.8 -0.5 -0.3 +1.1 -4.8 -4.4
Gloucestershire 192.3 191.8 195.6 201.1 200.3 -0.3 +2.0 +2.8 -0.4 +4.2
Hampshire 525.6 530.9 536.2 539.9 555.3 +1.0 +1.0 +0.7 +2.9 +5.6
Hereford & Worcester 216.4 217.2 219.0 220.7 216.2 +0.3 +0.8 +0.8 -2.0 -0.1
Hertfordshire 406.2 397.9 407.1 408.9 412.4 -2.0 +2.3 +0.4 +0.9 +1.5
Humberside 331.2 327.6 329.8 327.5 290.8 -1.1 +0.7 -0.7 -11.2 -12.2
Isle of Wight 38.0 38.7 39.4 39.7 38.3 +1.9 +1.7 +1.0 -3.7 +0.7
Kent 496.4 499.4 508.4 513.6 499.8 +0.6 +1.8 +1.0 -2.7 +0.7
Lancashire 513.2 510.9 516.7 520.6 491.9 -0.4 +1.1 +0.8 -5.5 -4.2
Leicestershire 345.8 345.4 347.6 357.6 337.8 -0.1 +0.6 +2.9 -5.5 -2.3
Lincolnshire 178.2 184.1 189.0 187.5 180.0 +3.3 +2.7 -0.8 -4.0 +1.0
Norfolk 248.0 246.0 249.0 250.6 242.7 -0.8 +1.2 +0.6 -3.2 -2.1
Northamptonshire 197.0 197.8 201.3 205.5 189.1 +0.4 +1.8 +2.1 -7.9 -4.0
Northumberland 90.0 90.5 92.7 92.5 88.9 +0.6 +2.4 -0.3 -3.8 -1.1
North Yorkshire 216.0 221.3 224.4 230.2 227.1 +2.4 +1.4 +2.6 -1.4 +5.1
Nottinghamshire 403.8 409.2 419.5 416.1 396.4 +1.3 +2.5 -0.8 -4.7 -1.8
Oxfordshire 194.6 196.1 195.0 198.5 200.0 +0.8 -0.6 +1.8 +0.7 +2.8
Salop 123.2 122.7 124.7 128.0 120.9 -0.4 +1.6 +2.6 -5.5 -1.8
Somerset 144.0 142.0 144.0 143.4 140.9 -1.4 +1.4 +0.4 -1.8 -2.2
Staffordshire 372.3 372.7 377.1 372.5 346.6 +0.1 +1.2 -1.2 -7.0 -6.9
Suffolk 214.6 213.3 216.7 217.5 213.2 -0.6 +1.6 +0.4 -2.0 -0.7
Surrey 319.7 317.8 317.5 320.8 333.8 -0.6 -0.1 +1.0 +4.1 +4.4
Warwickshire 139.8 135.5 137.5 149.8 146.7 -3.1 +1.5 +9.0 -2.1 +4.9
West Sussex 221.7 223.7 227.2 231.7 238.4 +0.9 +1.5 +2.0 +2.9 +7.5
Wiltshire 181.1 181.0 189.5 191.9 190.6 -0.1 +4.7 +1.3 -0.7 +5.2
Clwyd 115.2 115.9 118.1 127.8 112.9 +0.6 +1.9 +8.2 -11.7 -2.0
Dyfed 102.0 102.3 102.6 105.4 99.3 +0.3 +0.3 +2.8 -5.8 -2.7
Gwent 173.5 168.5 168.3 167.0 150.2 -2.9 -0.1 -0.8 -10.0 -13.4
Gwynedd 62.2 67.7 69.3 70.7 67.1 +8.9 +2.4 +2.0 -5.0 +7.9
Mid-Glamorgan 181.1 179.6 181.8 186.2 162.9 -0.8 +1.2 +2.4 -12.5 -10.0
Powys 32.0 30.6 26.4 32.8 32.0 -4.6 -13.6 +24.2 -2.2 +0.1
South Glamorgan 174.7 172.8 171.8 168.7 162.0 -1.1 -0.6 -1.8 -3.9 -7.3
West Glamorgan 156.9 158.0 159.6 156.8 140.8 +0.7 +1.0 -1.7 -10.3 -10.3
Metropolitan counties
Greater Manchester 1,158.1 1,146.5 1,150.2 1,147.5 1,040.6 -1.0 +0.3 -0.2 -9.3 -10.2
Merseyside 650.8 630.5 620.8 615.9 555.4 -3.1 -1.5 +0.8 -9.8 -14.7
South Yorkshire 555.7 549.6 556.8 552.4 504.0 —1.1 +1.3 -0.8 -8.8 -9.3
Tyne & Wear 521.0 517.8 514.2 508.6 447.3 -0.6 -0.7 -1.1 -12.1 -14.1
West Midlands 1,360.3 1,338.0 1,344.2 1,339.1 1,181.7 -1.6 +0.5 -0.4 -11.8 -13.1
West Yorkshire 882.6 869.1 873.2 870.7 800.9 -1.5 +0.5 -0.3 -8.0 -9.3

areas under inquiry will become available following publication of the 1984 census of employment results later this year.

Employees in employment: Greater London
Number (thousands)
June 1975 June 1976 June 1977 June 1978 September 1981 March 1982 March 1983 March 1984 March 1985
3,793.6 3,709.4 3,652.6 3,679.8 3,566.7 3,511.6 3,450.2 3,455.2 3,467.8
Percentage change
1975.76 1976.77 1977.78 1978.81 1981.82 1982.83 1983.84 1984.85 1975.85
-2.2 -1.5 +0.7 -3.1 -1.5 -1.8 +0.1 +0.4 -8.6

Mrs. Peacock

asked the Paymaster General how many people in Batley and Spen have been employed for (a) more than six months, (b) more than one year and (c) more than two years.

Mr. Lang

On 9 January 1986, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by duration is available, the numbers of claimants in the Batley and Spen parliamentary constituency who had been unemployed for more than six months, one year, and two years were 3,134, 2,188 and 1,335 respectively. This information is in the Library.