§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the levels of redundancies, by industry, in Leeds West for the period 1981 to 1991, classified by men, women, young persons and ethnic minorities.
Mr. JacksonThe available information is given in the tables. The figures relate to the numbers of redundancies confirmed as having occurred following receipt of notification under the 1975 Employment Protection Act, in the years 1983 to 1990 in the jobcentre areas covering the Leeds metropolitan district, analysed by the 1968 and 1980 standard industrial classifications.
The comparisons are affected by the changes to the redundancy fund in 1986.
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Confirmed redundancies—Leeds metropolitan district area SIC 1968 group Year 1981 1982 1983 Agriculture, forestry, fishing 1— 1— 1— Mining and quarrying 1— 100 159 Food, drink and tobacco 83 218 219 Coal, petroleum and chemical products 161 1— 88 Metal manufacture 750 441 542 Engineering and allied trades 2,450 1,905 1,358 Textiles, leather and clothing 2,252 1,410 695 Other manufacturing 823 942 656 Construction 346 178 99 Gas, electricity and water 1— 69 129 Transport and communication 336 66 74 Distributive trades 612 462 474 Financial, professional and miscellaneous services 306 582 475 Public administration and defence 1— 1— 1— 1— 50 or less.
SIC 1980 division Year 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 21990 Banking, finance, insurance, business services and leasing 1— 82 68 122 1— 184 76 Other services 96 324 122 149 129 137 94 1— 50 or less. 2 Provisional.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage of total employment by industry and what was the percentage change in employment by industry; for the period 1981 to 1991, for Leeds, West, classified by men, women, young persons and ethnic minorities.
Mr. JacksonEmployment statistics for local areas are compiled only when censuses of employment are taken. They cover employees in employment only and exclude the self-employed and members of Her Majesty's forces.
Employees in employment: Leeds, West parliamentary constituency Percentage Proportion of all employees, by industry Change in employment by industry Industries and services (division of SIC 1980) September 1984 September 1987 1984 to 1987 males females males females males females 1–5 production and construction industries 31.9 9.0 31.3 8.6 +1.7 -1.5 2–4 manufacturing industries 26.5 8.4 26.3 8.1 +2.7 -0.7 6–7 distribution, hotels and catering; repairs; transport and communication 14.4 15.6 14.4 13.3 +3.5 -11.8 8 banking, finance, business services and leasing 2.6 1.6 3.1 1.9 +25.2 +23.0 9 other services 9.7 15.3 10.6 16.8 +13.0 +13.3
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons in the Leeds metropolitan district there were in(a) full-time employment, (b) part-time employment and (c) temporary employment for each year from 1979 (i) by gender and (ii) as a percentage of all employees in (x) manufacturing industry and (y) the service sector industry.
Mr. JacksonInformation for employees in employment by district is only available from the censuses of employment for 1981, 1984 and 1987. This can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the House of Commons Library. It is not possible to identify how many were in temporary employment.