§ Mr. RandallTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many persons were employed in the manufacturing industry in the UK in each of the last five years. [31365]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. John Randall, dated 30 January 2002:
357WAs National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question about how many persons were employed in manufacturing industry in the UK in each of the last five years. (31365)I refer you to the answer given in the Official Report No. 80 of 15 January 2002, columns 164–165 to Paul Flynn MP, which gives the requested information.
§ Mr. RandallTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many redundancies there were in the manufacturing sector in(a) the UK and (b) the Uxbridge constituency in each of the past seven years. [31364]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. John Randall, dated 30 January 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about redundancies in the manufacturing sector in the United Kingdom and Uxbridge constituency. (31364)The Labour Force Survey (LFS) provides estimates of the numbers of people who have been made redundant from a job in the manufacturing sector in the United Kingdom and in Government Office Regions. However, the LFS does not provide estimates of redundancies for Parliamentary constituencies. the LFS sample size for redundancies in manufacturing in Greater London region is too small to provide reliable estimates.The LFS provides estimates of redundancies in the manufacturing sector for each quarter from spring (March to May) 1997. Estimates prior to this are not available on a consistent basis. The estimates for the United Kingdom for each autumn (September to November) quarter from 1997 to 2001 are given in the table overleaf.
Redundancies in the manufacturing sector1: United Kingdom autumn (September to November) quarters 1997–20012 Autumn Redundancy level (Thousand) Redundancy rate (per 1,000 employees)3 1997 41 8.7 1998 67 13.8 1999 49 10.4 2000 52 11.6 2001 71 16.3 1Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 Division D: Manufacturing. 2Not seasonally adjusted. 3The redundancy rate is based on the ratio of the redundancy level for the given quarter to the number of employees in the previous quarter, multiplied by 1,000. Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey