§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many persons employed in the coal mining industry had as their place of abode a location within(a) each travel-to-work area and (b) each local authority area in South Yorkshire in each of the last seven years; [17536]
(2) how many persons employed in the coal mining industry had their place of work within (a) each travel-to-work area and (b) each local authority area in South Yorkshire in each of the last seven years; [17595]
(3) what information he has collected since 1990 on the (a) place of residence and (b) place of work of persons employed in the coal mining industry. [17596]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 25 March 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Kevin Barron, dated 19 March 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent questions on information that has been collected since 1990 on persons employed in the coal mining industry in South Yorkshire.Information by place of residence is not available at this level of detail. Estimates based on returns from employers, for place of work and travel-to-work area, are available biennially from 1989. The Statistics of Trade Act (1947) requires that I do not publish data which could reveal information about individual employers. The reduction in the number of businesses engaged in coal mining in South Yorkshire has caused me to treat most of the information you seek as confidential. Within the aforementioned restrictions I have supplied the available information in the attached table.
Employees in coal mining1 in south yorkshire Local authority district 1989 1991 1993 1995 Barnsley 2— 2,900 2— 2— Doncaster 6,200 5,200 — — Rotherham 5,200 — — — Sheffield — — — — Total 16,500 13,100 4,000 1,100 Travel-to-work area3 Barnsley — — — — Doncaster 6,000 5,200 — — Rotherham/Mexborough 4,600 — — — Sheffield — — — — Total 16,500 13,200 4,000 1,100 Source:
ONS 1989–1993; Census of Employment.
1995; Annual Employment Survey.
11989: Standard Industrial Classification 1980;coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels
1991–95: Standard Industrial Classification 1992; mining and agglomeration of hard coal.
2Confidential
3Includes areas outside South Yorkshire.