HC Deb 15 March 2004 vol 419 c71W
Mr. Stephen O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her assessment is of employers'

Table 6.11 Projected Employment by Qualification, 1999–2010
Level 5 Level 4 Level 3
Region 1999 (Thousand) Percentage ch. 1999 (Thousand) Per cent. ch. 1999 (Thousand) Percentage. ch.
Trans London 328 36.9 1,123 42.4 615 -1.0
South East 173 34.1 866 38.9 750 14.1
East of England 100 34.0 468 38.5 445 8.8
South West 92 33.7 499 33.1 440 13.6
West Midlands 86 19.8 438 30.1 433 4.4
East Midlands 59 30.5 344 30.8 387 5.4
Yorkshire and The Humber 86 20.9 436 26.2 402 6.7
North West 107 29.0 603 28.2 586 2.7
North East 29 20.7 184 22.8 204 0.5
United Kingdom 1,237 30.8 5,864 33.2 5,099 5.4

Table 6.11 Projected Employment by Qualification, 1999–2010
Level 2 Level 1 No qualifications
1999 (Thousand) Percentage ch. 1999 (Thousand) Per cent. ch. 1999 (Thousand) Percentage. ch.
London 834 -9.7 802 -8.4 433 -25.4
South East 906 2.1 844 10.9 405 -17.8
East of England 592 5.1 564 9.6 271 -10.3
South West 533 4.1 511 12.9 236 -30.9
West Midlands 558 -0.7 541 10.2 390 -41.3
East Midlands 410 0.7 433 13.6 262 -26.0
Yorkshire and The Humber 496 -2.0 505 13.9 307 -25.4
North West 683 -1.8 618 7.6 383 -36.0
North East 237 0.0 230 11.3 141 -34.0
United Kingdom 6,172 -0.9 5,778 8.2 3,388 -26.5

Note Level 2 and below are regarded as lower level qualifications, Level ¾(e.g.A'levels and HNDs) as intermediate qualifications and Level 4(degrees)/level 5 (higher degrees) as higher level qualifications

Source: Wilson (200Ib) Table 14, Page 19.