HC Deb 18 June 1990 vol 174 cc460-2W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage change in the north-west of employment in(a) the service sector, (b) self-employment and (c) manufacturing industry between 1979 and 1990.

Mr. Nicholls

Latest employment estimates are for December 1989. In the north-west region, between June 1979 and December 1989, employment in the service sector rose by 10 per cent., self-employment rose by 50 per cent. and employment in manufacturing industries fell by 29 per cent.

Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing a ward-by-ward breakdown of the numbers of unemployed in the constituencies of(a) Burnley and (b) Pendle for the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Nicholls

The following table shows a ward-byward breakdown of unemployment in the constituencies Burnley and Pendle as at May 1990, the latest available date. The figures are not seasonally adjusted.

Ward Unemployment—May 1990
Ward Total
Burnley
Barclay 232
Briercliffe 52
Brunshaw 109
Burnley Wood 172
Calder 366
Cliviger 30
Coal Clough 169
Daneshouse 301
Deerplay 12
Fulledge 120
Gawthorpe 120
Hapton 59
Heasandford 130
Lanehead 101
Lowerhouse 83
Park 117
Queensgate 88
Rosehill 114
Simonstone Hill 12
Trinity 185
Whittlefield 119
Worsthorne 20
Pendle
Barrowford 51
Boulsworth 42
Bradley 193
Brierfield 143
Clover Hill 68
Coates 91
Craven 55
Earby 68
Fence 18
Foulridge 10
Horsfield 101
Marsden 98
Pendleside 14
Reedley 55
Southfield 104
Vivary Bridge 185
Walverden 84
Waterside 132
Whitefield 172

Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are currently in work in(a) the east midlands and (b) Derbyshire; and how many people were in work in these areas in 1979.

Mr. Nicholls

Information relating to counties is available only from censuses of employment. The latest data relate to September 1987 and the earliest comparable to September 1981.

The available estimates are as follows:

  1. (a)EAST MIDLANDS
    • Civil work force in employment
    • December 1979 1,687,000
    • December 1989 1,850,000
  2. (b) DERBYSHIRE
    • Employees in employment
    • September 1981 335,000
    • September 1987 343,000