Mr. MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the number of manufacturing jobs that have been(a) created and (b) lost in the city of Glasgow in each of the last five years. [11865]
§ Mr. KynochStatistical information relating to the creation of new jobs and the loss of existing ones is not available. The 1991 and 1993 censuses of employment and the 1995 annual employment survey identify the total number of employees in employment at specific points of time.
The table sets out the number of people employed in the manufacturing sector in the last three census of employment years.
Manufacturing employees in employment: Former city of Glasgow district Manufacturing Total employees in employment 1991 46,700 336,700 1993 37,200 322,000 1995 37,600 330,600 Source:
Office for National Statistics.