§ Mr. TrimbleTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were employed in the manufacturing sector in Northern Ireland during the last five years, broken down by parliamentary constituency. [157276]
§ Mr. PearsonEstimates of the number of employee jobs below Northern Ireland level are available only from the biennial Census of Employment and the most up to date figures relate to September 2001.
Estimates of manufacturing jobs for each parliamentary constituency area from the last three Censuses of Employment can be found in the table.
Northern Ireland employee jobs in the manufacturing sector by parliamentary constituency area
Parliamentary constituency area
September 1997
September 1999
September 2001
Belfast East 9,689 9,506 9,537 Belfast North 5,228 4,617 4,377 Belfast South 3,279 2,767 2,819 Belfast West 2,546 2,785 2,801 East Antrim 5,085 4,925 4,883 East Londonderry 5,748 5,964 5,276 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 7,304 7,541 7,103 Foyle 9,015 7,987 6,640 Lagan Valley 6,040 6,488 7,322 Mid-Ulster 5,682 6,052 6,418 Newry and Armagh 4,163 4,075 3,958 North Antrim 8,151 8,160 7,201 North Down 3,073 2,809 2,399 South Antrim 6,706 6,591 6,505 South Down 3,496 3,551 3,268 Strangford 5,243 4,916 4,624 Upper Bann 12,583 12,193 10,494 West Tyrone 4,893 4,883 4,561 Northern Ireland 107,924 105,810 100,186 Source: NI Census of Employment