HC Deb 22 January 1988 vol 125 cc911-3W
Mr. Allen McKay

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for each year from 1979 to date the numbers in employment by, categories, for(a) the

Employees in employment
Thousand
September of each year All industries and services Agriculture forestry and fishing Energy and water supply Metal manufacturing and chemicals Metal goods, manufacturing and vehicles Other manufacturing Construction Distribution Hotels Catering and Repairs Transport and communication Banking Insurance and finance Other Services
SIC 1980 0–9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
United Kingdom
1979 23,262 403 724 1,146 3,386 2,742 1,252 4,289 1,490 1,685 6,144
1980 22,768 403 729 1,048 3,188 2,529 1,237 4,268 1,480 1,754 6,133
1981 21,816 385 706 927 2,903 2,350 1,108 4,180 1,421 1,755 6,082
1982 21,337 382 676 868 2,697 2,236 1,073 4,114 1,371 1,810 6,108
1983 21,182 377 642 814 2,534 2,169 1,061 4,158 1,346 1,910 6,168
1984 21,346 368 612 808 2,467 2,162 1,054 4,276 1,347 2,017 6,237
1985 21,597 367 577 803 2,433 2,172 1,019 4,371 1,351 2,129 6,373
1986 21,676 355 529 781 2,333 2,140 998 4,425 1,351 2,250 6,515
1987 21.978 349 498 780 2,282 2,140 1,026 4,494 1,371 2.386 6,654
Yorkshire and Humberside
1979 2,012 33 119 164 246 298 111 362 113 100 467
1980 1,945 31 119 150 228 271 109 359 112 105 464
1981 1,843 31 116 126 203 251 96 348 105 106 462
1982 1,801 31 112 114 186 237 93 344 105 106 473
1983 1,776 30 105 102 171 229 93 351 105 112 479
1984 1,774 29 100 98 161 227 93 363 105 116 483
1985 1,796 29 90 93 157 233 90 376 105 135 488
1986 1,791 29 79 85 151 226 88 380 103 142 509
1987 1,814 29 74 80 149 227 91 390 108 145 522

Information about employment in local areas is available only for years in which censuses of employment are conducted. The available employee estimates for the Barnsley local authority district and the Barnsley, West

Employees in Employment1
(Thousands)
Divisions SIC 1980 District2Barnsley Constituency2 Barnsley West and Penistone
1981 1984 1981 1984
All industries and services 78.5 73.0 27.5 25.5
0 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 0.5 0.5 n.a. 0.4
1 Energy and water supply 19.1 16.1 n.a. 4.5
2 Extraction of minerals and ores other than fuels: manufacture of metals mineral products and chemicals 4.6 3.7 n.a. 1.8
3 Metal goods, engineering and vehicles 4.3 3.1 n.a. 1.7
4 Other manufacturing industries 10.3 9.6 n.a. 3.3
5 Construction 5.4 4.4 n.a. 2.4
6 Distribution, hotels and catering; repairs 11.0 10.6 n.a. 4.4

United Kingdom, as a whole, (b) Yorkshire and Humberside, (c) Barnsley metropolitan council area and (d) Barnsley, West and Penistone constituency.

Mr. Lee

The available information is as follows:

and Penistone constituency, taken from the September 1981 and September 1984 censuses of employment, is as follows:

Divisions SIC 1980 District2 Barnsley Constituency2 Barnsley West and Penistone
1981 1984 1981 1984
7 Transport and communication 3.2 3.5 n.a. 1.4
8 Banking, finance, insurance, business services and leasing 2.0 2.3 n.a. 1.0
9 Other services 18.1 19.1 n.a. 4.7
1 The figures exclude the self-employed and members of HM Forces.
2 The district and constituency are defined in terms of ward boundaries as at 1981. n.a. An industry breakdown for the constituency is not available for 1981.

Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been(a) the annual percentage change since 1979 in the total (i) employed and (ii) unemployed, and (b) the aggregate percentage change since 1979 to the latest available date in the total (i) employed and (ii) unemployed, in each of the categories of employment listed in tables 1.2 and 1.3 of the Employment Gazette.

Mr. Cope

I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

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