§ Lord Chadlingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many manufacturing jobs there are currently; and what were the corresponding figures for 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. [HL1132]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter, from the National Statistician, Mr Len Cook, to Lord Chadlington, dated 23 February 2004.
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about jobs in the manufacturing industry (HL1132).
The latest available data from the Workforce jobs series is for September 2003. The attached table details the number of employee and self-employed jobs in the UK manufacturing sector in September for each year from 1996 to 2003.
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UK jobs in the manufacturing sector Thousands, seasonally adjusted Year Number of Jobs September 1996 4,449 1997 4,462 1998 4,499 1999 4,308 2000 4,178 2001 4,001 2002 3,837 2003 3,734 Source:
Workforce jobs