§ Mr. McAllionasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many people, by sex, work full-time and part-time in (a) the Dundee, East constituency and (b) the Dundee travel-to-work area for the latest available date; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1979;
(2) how many people in (a) the Dundee, East constituency and (b) the Dundee travel-to-work area are employed in the service industries on the latest available figures; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1979;
(3) how many people in (a) the Dundee, East constituency and (b) the Dundee travel-to-work area are 532W employed in manufacturing industry on the latest available figures; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. John Lee[holding answer 26 October 1987]: This information is available only for dates when censuses of employment are taken. The available information from the September 1984 and the previous September 1981 census of employment is set out. For parliamentary constituencies, a breakdown of employees by industry and by full and part-time status is not available for the earlier year.
Employees in employment1 September 1981 September 1984 Dundee East Constituency2 All industries and services 20,700 20,200 Males full-time n.a. 12,500 part-time n.a. 700 all 13,700 13,100 Females full-time n.a. 3,900 part-time n.a. 3,100 all 7,000 7,000 Service industries n.a. 10,200 Manufacturing industries n.a. 7,600 Dundee Travel-to-work area3 All industries and services 83,600 80,300 Males full-time 42,000 40,000 part-time 2,600 2,400 all 44,600 42,400 Females full-time 23,600 21,300 part-time 15,500 16,600 all 39,000 37,900 Service industries 54,000 55,600 Manufacturing industries 22,300 18,400 1The figures exclude the self-employed and members of Her Majesty's Forces. 2To facilitate comparisons over time, the figures for the constituency are aggregates of frozen wards (ie, ward boundaries as at 1981). 3Travel-to-work area defined in terms of frozen wards. n.a.—not available.