§ Mr. Denzil DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list those travel-to-work areas in England, together with the respective percentages, where 40 per cent. or more of all employees are engaged in production.
Mr. JacksonThe most recent estimates of employees in employment in travel-to-work areas are from the September 1989 census of employment. The travel-to-work areas in England with 40 per cent. or more of employees employed in the production industries are listed in the table below.
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Travel-to-work area Proportion1 percentage Haverhill 55.4 Pendle 54.2 Barrow-in-Furness 53.5 Corby 51.5 Alfreton and Ashfield 49.9 Chard 47.9 Burnley 46.3 Loughborough and Coalville 45.0 Bishop Auckland 44.9 Retford 44.5 Accrington and Rossendale 44.4
Travel-to-work area Proportion1 percentage Stoke 44.4 Walsall 44.2 Gainsborough 43.1 Whitehaven 43.0 Oldham 42.7 Uttoxeter and Ashbourne 42.6 Castleford and Pontefract 42.5 Blackburn 41.6 Burton-on-Trent 41.4 Calderdale 41.3 Kidderminster 41.2 Dudley and Sandwell 40.9 Widnes and Runcorn 40.9 Leek 40.5 Telford and Bridgnorth 40.3 1 Employees in Divisions 1 to 4 of the Standard Industrial Classification 1980 as a percentage of all employees in the travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what percentage of all employees in England are employed in(a) production and (b) services;
(2) what percentage of all employees in (i) the south-east and (ii) the south-west of England are employed in (a) production and (b) services;
(3) what information he has as to what percentage of all employees in (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) Germany, (iii) France and (iv) Italy were at the latest available dates, respectively, employed in (a) services and (b) production.
Mr. JacksonThe information available is shown in the table.
Employees in Employment Percentage of Employees in Production Industries Percentage of Employees in Service Industries December 1990 England1 24.5 69.8 South East1 17.9 77.3 South West1 22.8 70.6 United Kingdom1 24.4 69.6 (December 1990) Germany (F.R.)2 37.6 54.5 (June 1986) France2 25.8 65.8 (June 1988) Italy2 28.9 56.7 (June 1988) 1Source: Employment Department.
2Source: O.E.C.D. Labour Force Statistics.