§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will make a statement about the change in the number of people employed in manufacturing industry, by standard planning region, in the past 13 years.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe information is shown in the table.
Employees in employment in manufacturing1 Change June 1979 to June 1992 Region Thousands South East (including Greater London) –756 East Anglia –41 South West –117 West Midlands –416 East Midlands –161 Yorkshire and Humberside –248 North West –399 North –156 England –2,285 Wales –95 Scotland –236 Northern Ireland –48 United Kingdom –2,664 1 Not seasonally adjusted.