§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Paymaster General what is his latest estmate estimate of the number of people actively seeking work who are classified as unemployed; and what percentage of the total unemployed this represents.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. According to the results of the labour force survey, in Great Britain in the spring of 1985, there were 2.81 million people without a job who had sought work in the week prior to the survey compared with 3.13 million claiming benefits as unemployed people. Further details are contained in an article published in the October 1986 issue ofEmployment Gazette entitled "Unemployment figures: the claimant count and the Labour Force Survey".
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General if he will publish a table for each region Scotland and Wales, showing the net loss or gain in numbers, and by percentages in (a) employees, (b) manufacturing employment, (c) the service sector and (d) construction for the years June 1979 to June 1983 and June 1983 to June 1986.
§ Mr. LeeThe information is given in the following table. The comparisions with June 1986 are based on the slightly revised estimates of employees in employment for that date which were released earlier today. Therefore they do not correspond in all respects to figures given to the hon. Member previously.
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June 1979 to June 1983 Employees in Employment: All Manufacturing Services Construction Self Employed1 thousands -129 -121 11 -9 41 per cent. -8 -20 1 -13 35 June 1983 to June 1986 Employees in Employment: South East thousands 260 -138 435 -25 224 per cent. 4 -9 9 -8 31 East Anglia thousands 74 23 53 1 26 per cent. 11 13 12 4 28 South West thousands 54 8 59 -8 45 per cent. 4 2 6 -11 21 West Midlands thousands 78 -10 97 2 12 per cent. 4 -1 9 0 7 East Midlands thousands 91 12 93 -1 3 per cent. 6 2 12 -1 2 1Regional estimates of self employment are not available for separate industries. 2Less than 1,000.
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Net Change in Employment June 1979 to June 1983 June 1979 to June 1983 Employees in Employment: All Manufacturing Services Construction Self Employed1 Yorkshire and Humberside thousands -239 -208 -2 -19 35 per cent. -12 -29 0 -17 26 North West thousands -374 -277 -66 -20 10 per cent. -14 -29 -4 -15 5 North thousands -191 -119 -35 -22 14 per cent. -15 -29 -5 -27 18 Wales thousands -145 -102 -20 -14 2 per cent. -14 -32 -3 -23 2 Scotland thousands -203 -160 -8 -20 19 per cent. -10 -26 -1 -13 12 June 1983 to June 1986 Employees in Employment: Yorkshire and Humberside thousands 5 -40 79 -3 69 per cent. 0 -8 8 -3 41 North West thousands -41 -60 33 -4 56 per cent. -2 -9 2 -3 25 North thousands 20 -21 55 -5 19 per cent. 2 -7 9 -8 21 Wales thousands -30 -11 2 -5 28 per cent. -3 -5 0 -10 22 Scotland thousands -12 -32 42 -1 24 per cent. -1 -7 3 0 13 1Regional estimates of self employment are not available for separate industries.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General what is his estimate for each regional area of the numbers and percentages of net job losses or gains by each industrial category, including categories of service employment and the construction industry, from June 1979 to June 1986.
Net changes in employment between June 1979 and June 1986 thousands South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Change Per cent. change Change Per cent. change Change Per cent. change Change Per cent. change Change Per cent. change Employees in Employment1 Agriculture, forestry and fishing -7 -9 -8 -20 -2 -4 -2 -7 -3 -9 Energy and water supply (1) -19 -15 -4 -33 -6 -19 -12 -22 -19 -20 Metal manufacturing and chemicals (2) -48 -23 11 58 3 7 -48 -29 -20 -25 Metal goods, engineering and vehicles -273 -28 -10 -11 -35 -16 -217 -35 -58 -25 Other manufacturing (4) -156 -23 -6 -6 -33 -19 -17 -8 -31 -11 Construction (5) -74 -20 -4 -10 -21 -25 -12 -12 -9 -13 Distribution, hotels and catering (6) 87 6 20 15 -2 -1 8 2 27 11 Transport and communications (7) -46 -7 18 42 -4 -5 -12 -12 3 4 Banking, insurance and finance (8) 281 35 20 48 45 42 53 46 19 27 Other services (9) 123 6 21 12 28 6 39 8 53 15 Self Employed2 303 47 41 52 112 77 48 34 44 38 1Figures in brackets denote the divisions of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification. 2Regional estimates of self employment are not available for separate industries.
Net changes in employment between June 1979 and June 1986 Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland Change Per cent. change Change Per cent. change Change Per cent. change Change Per cent. change Change Per cent. change Employees in Employment1 Agriculture, forestry and fishing -5 -16 -1 -6 -2 -13 -2 -9 -17 -35 Energy and water supply (1) -38 -32 -20 -29 -22 -29 -23 -37 -19 -26 Metal manufacturing and chemicals (2) -78 -48 -58 -38 -41 -40 -47 -45 -34 -41 Metal goods, engineering and vehicles -94 -38 -141 -35 -71 -39 -52 -43 -76 -29 Other manufacturing (4) -75 -25 -137 -33 -28 -22 -15 -16 -83 -31 Construction (5) -22 -20 -24 -18 -27 -33 -20 -32 -21 -14 Distribution, hotels and catering (6) 19 5 4 1 -26 -11 -2 -1 -7 -2 Transport and communications (7) -11 -10 -33 -20 -7 -11 -15 -26 -25 -19 Banking, insurance and finance (8) 43 44 35 22 16 28 16 36 33 27 Other services (9) 27 6 -38 -6 39 12 -16 -5 34 6 Self Employed2 104 78 66 31 33 43 30 24 43 27 1Figures in brackets denote the divisions of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification. 2Regional estimates of self employment are not available for separate industries.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General what is his estimate for each regional area and the United Kingdom as a whole of the number of employees in second jobs in (a) June 1979 and (b) June 1986.
§ Mr. LeeEstimates from the 1979 and 1985 labour force surveys of the number of persons in employment with a second job as an employee are presented in the following table:
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§ Mr. LeeThe figures are given in the following tables. They are based on the slightly revised estimates of employees in employment for June 1986 which were released earlier today. Therefore they do not correspond in all respects to figures given to the hon. Member previously.
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Persons in employment1 with a second job as employee Thousands Region 1979 1985 Northern 12 23 Yorkshire and Humberside 25 47 North West 36 58 East Midlands 28 38 West Midlands 23 46 East Anglia 12 20
Region 1979 1985 South East 90 183 South West 25 52 Wales 11 13 Scotland 26 37 Northern Ireland 2 11 United Kingdom 297 529 1Estimates relate to the spring of each year. Figures for 1985 include those on government schemes, whereas 1979 only include those on schemes if reported as in employment. 2Less than 10,000.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General what is his estimate for each parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom of (a) the numbers of net job losses or gains since June 1979, (b) the numbers of manufacturing job losses or gains and (c) the numbers of construction job losses or gains; and if he will express each figure as a percentage of the numbers employed in June 1979 in each sector.
§ Mr. LeeI regret that the information requested is not available.
The Department's statistics for parliamentary constituencies monitor only net changes in total employees between census dates and do not provide an industry breakdown. The available census estimates for constituencies are from the September 1981 census of employment. Estimates from the following census, relating to September 1984, are not yet available.