HC Deb 26 March 2002 vol 382 c857W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each constituency in England the percentage of the work force engaged in manufacturing in(a) 1990, (b) 1997 and (c) at the most recent date for which figures are available. [46205]

Ruth Kelly

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Gordon Prentice, dated 25 March 2002:

Len Cook

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question about the percentage of the workforce engaged in manufacturing from 1990.

The available figures are for employee jobs and cover the years 1991, 1997 and 2000. I am placing an extraction from the Nomis database in the House of Commons Library. The Nomis database is available to Members and is accessible by Library staff.