HC Deb 24 May 1990 vol 173 cc310-1W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing employment in manufacturing industry by standard economic region in Great Britain and for each Welsh county for each year since 1979, each quarter of 1989; and the first quarter of the current year.

Mr. Nicholls

Table 1 shows employees in employment for each of the standard regions in Great Britain up to December 1989, the latest date for which information is available.

Figures for the counties are available only from censuses of employment taken in 1981, 1984 and 1987 and are given in table 2.

Table 1
Employees in employment in the manufacturing industry1 for each of the standard regions of Great Britain
(Thousands)
South East Greater London East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland Great Britain (sum of regions)
June 1979 1,871 n/a 206 439 985 606 708 971 410 315 604 7,115
June 1980 1,820 n/a 203 427 933 582 669 931 387 290 564 6,806
June 1981 1,684 n/a 185 397 817 532 583 810 339 240 510 6,099
June 1982 1,604 649 180 385 757 514 542 744 321 226 477 5,751
June 1983 1,533 609 178 366 713 485 500 694 291 213 444 5,418
June 1984 1,483 573 185 373 706 482 481 669 277 212 434 5,301
June 1985 1,447 539 184 375 693 487 480 664 278 211 433 5,254
June 1986 1,390 506 178 367 673 487 476 653 272 210 416 5,122
June 1987 1,340 465 174 367 663 483 471 657 272 217 407 5,049
June 1988 1,329 452 179 370 667 491 485 673 279 233 409 5,116
March 1989 1,321 437 180 371 669 491 485 681 282 241 418 5,141
June 1989 1,319 442 176 369 668 493 484 678 283 243 416 5,128
September 1989 1,316 432 179 375 673 503 490 686 290 250 423 5,185
December 1989 1,308 426 178 376 667 499 487 685 291 250 424 5,165
The figures are unadjusted for seasonal variations.
1 Standard Industrial Classification 1980 Division 2–4.

Table 2
Employees in employment in the manufacturing industries1 in counties of Wales2
Thousands
September
1981 1984 1987
Clwyd 33.7 35.2 39.1
Dyfed 17.1 15.9 14.5
Gwent 52.8 46.1 49.1
Gwynedd 11.5 9.3 10.4
Mid Glamorgan 52.5 44.7 52.1
Powys 7.0 6.9 8.4
South Glamorgan 26.6 25.2 22.8
West Glamorgan 36.9 28.8 27.9
1 Standard Industrial Classification 1980 Division 2–4.
2 Counties are defined in terms of ward boundaries as at September 1981.