§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for the west midlands and the other regions and for each year from 1984 to 1987, together with the source of the information, figures for(a) total employment, and (b) manufacturing employment.
§ Mr. NichollsThe table below shows the data requested for west midlands and the other regions for each year from 1984 to 1987. Information on total employment relates to the civilian workforce in employment and covers employees in employment, the self-employed, and those on work-related Government training programmes. The sources of this information are as follows:
Employees in employment
Estimates of employees in employment are based on the following sources:
- (a) the census of employment conducted triennially from 1978 to 1987:
- (b) monthly and quarterly surveys of employers;
- (c) inquiries conducted biennially by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF) for employment in agriculture, and quarterly by the Department of the Environment for employment in the construction industry;
- (d) "centralised returns" covering employment in some nationalised industries, Government Departments and other large organisations such as British Coal, and the London and Scottish Clearing Banks Association;
- (e) the Labour Force Survey
For census of employment dates, the estimates given by the census are used without adaptation. Between census of employment dates, sources b. c. and d. are used to estimate monthly and quarterly trends in employees in employment.Self Employment
The estimates of the self-employed in Great Britain up to mid 1988 are based on the 1981 census of population and the results of the labour force surveys carried out between 1981 and 1988.Work-related Government Training Programmes
Numbers of participants are provided from the Department's own records.Information on manufacturing employment relates to employees in employment in standard industrial classification 1980 division 2 to 4. The sources of this information are as above.235W
Civilian workforce and employees in employment and employees in manufacturing by regions (unadjusted for seasonal variation) June each year Thousands Regions and year Civilian workforce in employment Employees in employment Employees in manufacturing West Midlands 1984 2,171 1,965 706 1985 2,178 1,974 693
Regions and year Civilian workforce in employment Employees in employment Employees in manufacturing 1986 2,178 1,961 673 1987 2,223 1,972 663 South East (including Greater London) 1984 8,074 7,182 1,483 1985 8,184 7,250 1,447 1986 8,195 7,255 1,390 1987 8,400 7,322 1,340 Greater London (included in South East 1984 3,799 3,459 573 1985 3,824 3,454 539 1986 3,808 3,450 506 1987 3,871 3,457 465 East Anglia 1984 817 704 185 1985 835 716 184 1986 829 717 178 1987 864 727 174 South West 1984 1,788 1,542 373 1985 1,832 1,568 375 1986 1,851 1,579 367 1987 1,921 1,619 367 East Midlands 1984 1,626 1,443 482 1985 1,672 1,498 487 1986 1,674 1,490 487 1987 1,705 1,492 483 Yorkshire and Humberside 1984 1,990 1,768 481 1985 2,009 1,769 480 1986 2,000 1,762 476 1987 2,041 1,771 471 North West 1984 2,570 2,289 669 1985 2,590 2,299 664 1986 2,593 2,295 653 1987 2,646 2,323 657 North 1984 1,164 1,059 277 1985 1,172 1,057 278 1986 1,186 1,061 272 1987 1,202 1,068 272 Wales 1984 1,040 886 212 1985 1,044 888 211 1986 1,055 887 210 1987 1,073 907 217 Scotland 1984 2,104 1,901 434 1985 2,121 1,900 433 1986 2,108 1,879 416 1987 2,107 1,879 407 Northern Ireland 1984 564 497 107 1985 572 503 108 1986 570 501 105 1987 572 504 103