HC Deb 10 January 2001 vol 360 cc567-8W
Mr. Page

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in manufacturing in each year since 1979. [R] [142879]

Miss Melanie Johnson

[holding answer 15 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. Richard Page, dated 10 January 2001: 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 year since 1979. (142879) The estimates are contained in the attached table and cover the number of workforce jobs as opposed to the number of persons employed. Workforce jobs are the sum of employee jobs, self employed jobs and Government Supported Trainees. These estimates are based on the results of regular sample surveys of employers which count the number of employee jobs in manufacturing, the Labour Force Survey and administrative sources. The estimate of workforce jobs thus contains second jobs which cannot be separately identified in employer based surveys.

Workforce jobs in manufacturing—UK
Thousands
June 1979 6,963
June 1980 6,676
June 1981 6,014
June 1982 5,683
June 1983 5,375
June 1984 5,314
June 1985 5,293
June 1986 5,178
June 1987 5,147
June 1988 5,226
June 1989 5,274
June 1990 5,156
June 1991 4,728
June 1992 4,495
June 1993 4,300
June 1994 4,317
June 1995 4,378
June 1996 4,428
June 1997 4,483
June 1998 4,515
June 1999 4,347
June 2000 4,238