§ 34. Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General if he will provide for (a) each English region, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, his estimate of the numbers employed in June 1979 and in June 1986 in the following industries or sectors, and if he will estimate the percentage fall or rise since June 1979 in (a) shipbuilding and ship repair, (b) steel, (c) coal, (d) textiles, (e) electrical, instrument and electronic engineering (f) construction, (g) vehicles and (h) information technology, telecommunications and data processing.
§ Mr. LeeWith the exception of the construction industry, estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in the industries specified in the English regions, Scotland and Wales are available only from
Table 2 Employees in employment: percentage changes between September 1981 and September 1984 South East East Anglia South West 1981 1984 Net change Per cent. 1981 1984 Net change Per cent. 1981 1984 Net change Per cent. Shipbuilding and repairing [3610] 23,700 14,600 -38 3,100 2,800 -10 18,700 20,200 +8 Steel1 [2210, 2220, 223] 11,200 8,600 -23 1,200 700 -42 1,500 1,500 — Coal extraction [1113, 1114] 4,000 3,600 -10 — — — — — — Textiles [43] 13,100 10,200 -22 1,400 1,900 +36 5,700 5,200 -9 Electrical and electronic engineering instrument engineering [34, 37] 326,300 291,400 -11 22,600 23,500 +4 50,800 54,400 +7 Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof [35] 102,200 85,900 -16 5,100 4,400 -14 9,400 6,300 - 33 Telecommunications and computer services2. [7902, 8394] 148,500 159,600 +7 9,200 13,200 +43 19,900 22,000 + 11 Note—The figures in brackets denote the class or activity heading of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification. 1 Iron and steel industry, Steel tubes and Drawing, cold rolling and cold forming of steel. 2 Information technology is not separately identified.
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Table 2—continued Employees in employment percentage changes between September 1981 and September 1984 West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside 1981 1984 Net change Per cent. 1981 1984 Net change Per cent. 1981 1984 Net change Per cent. Shipbuilding and repairing [3610] 500 500 — 600 500 -17 2,700 2,600 -4 Steel1 [2210, 2220, 223] 30,900 22,500 -27 11,300 7,400 -35 49,100 34,000 -31 Coal extraction [1113, 1114] 22,100 19,200 -13 66,500 56,200 -15 78,800 64,600 -18 Textiles [43] 13,000 12,200 -6 80,500 72,400 -10 57,400 47.600 -17 censuses of employment. For other dates the survey sample is not large enough to provide reliable estimates other than for Great Britain.
Table 1 gives, for the areas specified, estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in the construction industry at June 1979 and June 1986, and the net percentage changes between the two dates.
Table 2 gives, for the same areas, the numbers of employees in employment in the other industries specified at September 1984 (the most recent date for which a census of employment was held) and September 1981 (the date of the previous census of employment, and the earliest date for which comparable figures are available).
It also gives the net percentage changes between the two dates. The estimates are subject to considerable potential error due to the relatively small number of employees in the industries in each region, Scotland and Wales.
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Table 1 Employees in Employment: Percentage Change in the Construction Industry Between June 1979 and June 1986 June 1979 June 1986 Percentage Change South East 361,000 287,000 -20 East Anglia 41,000 37,000 -10 South West 85,000 64,000 -25 West Midlands 100,000 88,000 -12 East Midlands 69,000 60,000 -13 Yorkshire and Humberside 110,000 88,000 -20 North West 134,000 110,000 -18 North 83,000 56,000 -33 Wales 62,000 42,000 -32 Scotland 155,000 134,000 -14
West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside 1981 1984 Net change Per cent 1981 1984 Net change Per cent 1981 1984 Net change Per cent Electrical and electronic engineering instrument engineering [34, 37] 100,600 84,900 -16 40,700 36,300 - 11 29,600 25,000 -16 Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof [35] 114,800 84,400 -26 10,200 8,800 -14 12,300 15,000 +22 Telecommunication and computer service2 [7902, 8394] 25,400 26,600 +5 10,200 12,400 +22 15,300 17,000 +11 Note—The figures in brackets denote the class or activity heading of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification. 1 Iron and steel industry, Steel tubes and Drawing, cold rolling and cold forming of steel. 2 Information technology is not separately identified.
Employees in employment: Percentage changes between September 1981 and September 1984 North West North Wales Scotland 1981 1984 Net change per cent. 1981 1984 Net change per cent. 1981 1984 Net change per cent. 1981 1984 Net change per cent. Shipbuilding + repairing [3610] 5,300 2,900 -45 33,900 20,900 -38 900 700 -22 31,200 22,200 -29 Steel1 [2210, 2220, 223] 9,700 6,500 -33 23,500 13,800 -41 29,800 25,500 -14 19,800 12,500 -37 Coal extraction [1113, 1114] 10,600 8,600 -19 38,600 31,300 -19 34,600 28,500 -18 23,700 16,900 -29 Textiles [43] 52,700 40,700 -23 8,600 8,300 -3 4,000 3,600 -10 38,600 32,900 -15 Electrical and electronic engineering instrument engineering [34, 37] 80,200 73,500 -8 40,300 35,100 -13 31,700 28,300 -11 52,600 51,400 -2 Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof [35] 53,300 41,700 -22 7,100 6,000 -15 19,400 14,000 -28 11,300 6,800 -40 Telecommunications and computer services2 [7902, 8394] 23,300 23,400 — 8,400 8,800 + 5 8,400 10,100 + 20 20,500 18,400 -10 Note: The figures in brackets denote the class or activity heading of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification. 1 Iron and Steel Industry, Steel tubes and Drawing, cold rolling and cold forming of steel. 2 Information technology is not separately identified.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General if he will publish a table showing the most recent rates of unemployment in (a) all travel-to-work areas receiving regional development grants, (b) all travel-to-work areas receiving only regional selective no assistance, (c) travel-to-work areas which receive no assistance but have rates higher than any in (a) and (b), and (d) travel-to-work areas which receive no assistance but have rates within 2 per cent. of any in (a) and (b).
§ Mr. Lee[pursuant to his reply, 15 January 1987, c. 245–48]: I regret that in my previous reply there were four areas omitted from the tables requested.
The information omitted was from table A and is as follows:
Unemployed claimants in travel-to-work areas having development area status—11 December 1986 Number Rate Irvine 11,819 24.9 Greenock 9,955 20.5 Kilmarnock 5,579 17.6 Glasgow 113,135 17.2