§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the net change in the number of people employed in manufacturing in the United Kingdom in each of the last 12 months. [141689]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 11 December 2000]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Graham Brady, dated 21 December 2000:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the number of people employed in manufacturing in the United Kingdom in each of the last 12 months (141689).Regular monthly information is only available for employee jobs in manufacturing. The monthly estimates are based on the results of employer surveys which count employee jobs. The number of employee jobs is higher than the number of persons employed because it includes second jobs which cannot be identified separately. Information is published monthly in Table B.12 of "Labour Market Trends" copies of which are held in the House of Commons Library. A quarterly series of Workforce Jobs in the manufacturing industries is also published in Table B.12 and in Statbase on the ONS website www.statistics.gov.uk. Workforce Jobs include employee jobs, self-employment jobs and Government Supported Trainees.