§ Mr. DjanoglyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many manufacturing jobs have been(a) created and (b) lost in (i) Cambridgeshire and (ii) Huntingdon in each of the last three years. [146447]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Djanogly, dated 27 January 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on manufacturing jobs in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon. (146447)Figures are not available for jobs created or lost, but the net changes from year to year in numbers of jobs can be determined from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI). The most recent figures available are set out in the attached table.
Net annual change in number of manufacturing jobs in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon, 2000–02 Cambridgeshire Huntingdon Local Authority District 2000 196 -322 2001 70 -576 2002 -1,299 -887 As with any sample survey, estimates from the ABI are subject to sampling variability.