§ Mr. Flanneryasked the Paymaster General what is the net loss in manufacturing jobs in the south Yorkshire region since 1979.
§ Mr. LeeThe precise information requested is not available. The Department's statistics for the county monitor only net changes in employment between census dates.
The available figures are from the September 1981 and the preceding June 1978 census of employment. In that period there was a net change of minus 47,500 employees in manufacturing industries, as defined according to the Standard Industrial Classification 1968, in the county of South Yorkshire. The September 1984 census estimates for counties are not yet available. Between censuses, employment statistics are based on small-scale sample inquiries which cannot produce reliable results for areas smaller than the standard economic regions.
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§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General what is the decline in numbers and as a percentage between 1979
Employees in employment: net changes between June 1979 and June 1986 Great Britain United Kingdom Numbers Percentage Numbers Percentage Construction industry (5)1 -235,000 -19.6 -252,000 -20.4 Construction and manufacturing industries (2–5)1 -2,194,000 -26.4 -2,259,000 -26.6 1The figures in brackets denote the Divisions of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification.