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Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information he has on imports into the United Kingdom of (a) worked and (b) raw ivory by weight and value in each year since 1979.
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Mr. Alan Clark : In 1988 imports of raw ivory were recorded as 12.1 metric tonnes valued at £470,000 ; information prior to 1988 is not available. Imports of worked ivory are given in the following table :
United Kingdom imports of worked ivory -------------------- 1979 |22.8|382 1980 |17.2|487 1981 |3.0 |238 1982 |4.6 |263 1983 |4.7 |311 1984 |2.9 |455 1985 |1.1 |267 1986 |1.8 |252 1987 |0.8 |241 1988 |8.0 |208 Source: Overseas Trade Statistics. Note:-1988 figures provisional.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information he has about the import of (a) worked and (b) raw ivory into Hong Kong in each of the last five years by weight, value and country of origin.
Mr. Alan Clark : The available information is in the following tables :
Hong Kong's imports of worked ivory<1><2>
1984
Country |Weight kg |Value HK$ 000
----------------------------------------------------------------------
China |13,874 |21,875
Japan |586 |1,719
Macau |770 |989
United States of America |119 |365
Thailand |361 |282
India |111 |239
United Kingdom |100 |218
Federal Republic of Germany |38 |148
Republic of Korea |16 |122
Italy |35 |110
Switzerland |20 |76
Singapore |12 |71
France |12 |55
Taiwan |21 |42
Belgium/Luxembourg |22 |33
Insular Spain |10 |29
United States Oceania |19 |24
United Arab Emirates |10 |12
Australia |1 |3
|------- |-------
Total |16,137 |26,413
Hong Kong's imports of worked ivory<1><2>
1985
Country |Weight kg |Value HK$ 000
----------------------------------------------------------------------
China |25,596 |27,094
Japan |6,831 |3,869
Macau |4,693 |5,190
Singapore |663 |977
United States of America |445 |1,305
India |122 |159
France |100 |199
Belgium/Luxembourg |61 |135
Federal Republic of Germany |49 |79
Sri Lanka |15 |39
Netherlands |11 |11
New Zealand |5 |15
Canada |3 |14
Taiwan |3 |7
|------- |-------
Total |38,597 |39,094
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Hong Kong's imports of worked ivory<1><2>
198
|Weight |Value
Country |Kg. |HK$ '000s
----------------------------------------------------------
China |n/a |26,646
Macau |n/a |14,271
Singapore |n/a |7,144
Japan |n/a |4,492
United States of America |n/a |1,071
Qatar |n/a |247
Italy |n/a |207
India |n/a |82
Thailand |n/a |80
France |n/a |68
Federal Republic of Germany |n/a |62
South Africa |n/a |50
Canada |n/a |38
Sri Lanka |n/a |16
Switzerland |n/a
|------- |-------
Total |n/a |54,486
Hong Kong's imports of worked ivory<1><2>
1987
|Weight |Value
Country |Kg. |HK$ '000s
----------------------------------------------------------
China |n/a |27,437
Singapore |n/a |16,066
Macau |n/a |10,708
United Arab Emirates |n/a |3,582
Taiwan |n/a |1,716
United States of America |n/a |630
Japan |n/a |573
Sri Lanka |n/a |444
Italy |n/a |141
Thailand |n/a |89
Denmark |n/a |84
India |n/a |45
France |n/a |26
Federal Republic of Germany |n/a |3
|------- |-------
Total |n/a |61,544
Hong Kong's imports of worked ivory<1><2>
1988
|Weight |Value
Country |Kg. |HK$ '000s
-------------------------------------------------------
China |n/a |39,444
United Arab Emirates |n/a |9,048
Macau |n/a |6,413
Singapore |n/a |1,896
Japan |n/a |1,575
United States of America |n/a |1,394
South Africa |n/a |1,051
Taiwan |n/a |600
France |n/a |245
Republic of Korea |n/a |239
India |n/a |102
Zaire Kinshasa |n/a |84
Italy |n/a |41
Belgium/Luxembourg |n/a |18
Switzerland |n/a |10
Canada |n/a |7
|------- |-------
Total |n/a |62,165
Source: Hong Kong Trade Statistics.
<1>The figures are based on country of consignment.
<2>Hong Kong imports and exports classifications: Item
899.111
n/a-Not available.
Hong Kong's imports of unworked ivory<1><2>
1984
Country |Weight |Value
|kg |HK$000
----------------------------------------------------
Japan |293,275|105,158
Belgium |44,887 |21,214
South Africa |22,001 |9,204
Federal Republic of Germany |10,232 |4,958
Tanzania |2,445 |1,250
Sudan |2,141 |480
United States of America |2,081 |893
United Kingdom |1,946 |1,149
China |336 |69
|----- |-----
Total |381,927|144,907
Hong Kong's imports of unworked ivory<1><2>
1985
Country |Weight |Value
|kg |HK$000
-------------------------------------------------
Japan |174,345|78,282
South Africa |27,109 |12,992
Sudan |13,500 |2,085
Belgium |9,727 |5,208
Switzerland |6,080 |2,941
China |2,566 |1,579
United States of America |1,540 |859
Tanzania |1,070 |591
France |455 |227
India |255 |141
|----- |-----
Total |235,318|105,076
Hong Kong's imports of unworked ivory<1><2>
1986
Country |Weight Kg |Value HK$ 000
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Somali Democratic Republic |61,486 |38,221
Japan |47,242 |20,220
Sudan |22,880 |3,569
South Africa |17,234 |9,900
Belgium |16,333 |10,574
Zambia |5,147 |3,172
United Kingdom |4,780 |2,720
Central Africa Republic |2,115 |1,848
Taiwan |1,103 |519
Netherlands |780 |462
Botswana |357 |237
Tanzania |213 |125
Macau |177 |147
Austria |151 |124
Zimbabwe |105 |54
United States of America |95 |51
China |45 |23
France |23 |12
|------- |-------
Total |181,522 |92,790
Hong Kong's imports of unworked ivory<1><2>
1987
Country |Weight Kg |Value HK$ 000
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Belgium |67,627 |43,082
Japan |57,061 |22,462
Singapore |53,068 |33,598
Sudan |13,382 |2,083
South Africa |11,638 |10,169
Congo Peoples Republic |11,114 |9,774
Ethiopia |4,550 |2,955
Netherlands |1,915 |2,324
France |1,549 |1,429
United Kingdom |1,058 |945
Zimbabwe |1,008 |1,400
Macau |696 |667
Zambia |471 |441
Federal Republic of Germany |233 |172
|------- |-------
Total |225,370 |131,501
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Hong Kong's imports of unworked ivory<1><2>
1988
Country |Weight kg |Value HK$ 000
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Singapore |112,767 |79,642
Sudan |52,090 |8,126
Japan |24,644 |15,323
Belgium |14,208 |12,453
Mozambique |13,616 |15,401
Somali Democratic Republic |12,663 |11,213
Congo Peoples Republic |11,667 |17,293
Djibouti |10,901 |14,539
France |5,211 |6,990
South Africa |3,358 |3,715
Macau |1,660 |978
United Kingdom |1,298 |355
Zambia |1,047 |2,042
China |703 |454
United States of America |618 |443
Ivory Coast |512 |553
Ethiopia |461 |304
Uganda |281 |110
Federal Republic of Germany |63 |58
India |31 |25
|------- |-------
Total |271,669 |190,218
<1> The figures are based on country of consignment.
<2> Hong Kong Imports and Exports Classification: Items 291162,
291165 and 291166.
Source: Hong Kong Trade Statistics.
Manufacturing Industry
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, further to his reply of 27 April, Official Report, columns 614- 15 concerning gross output of finished manufactures and imports of semi- manufactures, intermediate products and basic materials, whether he will provide comparable figures for manufactures less food, drink, tobacco, paper, printing and publishing ; and if he will add figures for 1973 and for exports.
Mr. Alan Clark : The figures are estimated to be as follows :
Estimated Gross Output (£ billion, 1985 prices)
|Finished manufactures |Finished manufactures
|less food, drink,
|tobacco. Paper, Printing
|and Publishing
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1970 |129.5 |n/a
1973 |145.8 |96.2
1979 |144.5 |92.7
1988 |156.6 |101.2
n/a =not available.
Manufactures (SITC 5-8) less
paper and paperboard (1) and
printed matter (2) (OTS basis)
£ billion 1985 prices
|Exports|Imports
--------------------------------
1970 |31.6 |17.2
1973 |38.8 |26.6
1979 |45.9 |39.9
1988 |59.8 |75.4
Notes:
1. SITC 64
2. SITC 892
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£ billion 1985 prices
|Semi-Manufactures |Intermediate finished|Basic materials
|manufactures
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Imports
1973 |13.0 |4.7 |6.4
Exports
1970 |12.2 |7.6 |1.2
1973 |15.4 |10.2 |1.4
1979 |18.5 |11.6 |1.9
1988 |23.8 |14.2 |2.2
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, further to his reply of 27 April, Official Report, columns 614- 15, concerning gross output of finished manufactures and imports of semi- manufactures, intermediate products and basic materials, whether he will provide an estimate for the increase in the United Kingdom content of United Kingdom exports of finished manufactures between (i) 1970 and 1979 and(ii) 1979 and 1988 on the assumption that the United Kingdom content of exports was the same in each year as the United Kingdom content of United Kingdom output, leaving out of account food, drink and tobacco as well as paper, printing and publishing.
Mr. Alan Clark : The question could be answered only at disproportionate cost.
Telecommunications
Mr. Lewis : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when he last met the Director General of Telecommunications to discuss premium rate telephone services ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Atkins [holding answer 23 May 1989] : Both my right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and I meet the Director General of Telecommunications from time to time to discuss a range of telecommunications issues. The last such meeting was in January when our discussion included premium rate telephone services.
Air Transportation (Delays)
Mr. Warren : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will undertake consultations as to the costs to United Kingdom trade of delays in the handling of air transportation in the air over the United Kingdom and on the ground at major United Kingdom airports ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Newton : We keep in regular contact about these matters both with the Department of Transport and with representatives of the business community. As my hon. Friend will be aware, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport is at present awaiting advice from the Civil Aviation Authority on the adequacy of United Kingdom airport and airspace capacity, through to 2005.
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Microchips
Mr. Warren : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what revisions are planned to the programme of financial support for the development of gallium arsenide microchips following the withdrawal of the major United Kingdom industrial participation.
Mr. Newton : Earlier this year we initiated a review of the gallium arsenide advanced technology programme in the light of the slower development of the market for these devices than had been expected. I understand that the recently announced closure of the Plessey Three Five Group represents only a partial withdrawal from gallium arsenide microchip technology, and that the company will continue to manufacture gallium arsenide integrated circuits at its existing facilities situated in the Plessey research and technology complex at Caswell.
SCOTLAND
Sand Eel Fishing
75. Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations he has received about the licensing of sand eel fishing.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : A number of representations have been received in response to the consultation paper issued by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland on 4 April 1989. These are currently being considered and an announcement about licensing arrangements for the fishery will be made shortly.
Teachers
Mr. Malcolm Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he has taken to ascertain the numbers of teachers in Scotland who came from minority ethnic groups along the lines of similar surveys being carried out in England and Wales.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : There are no plans to conduct similar surveys in Scotland.
Mr. McFall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of teachers who qualify in Scotland do not go into teaching the following year.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : A survey conducted by colleges of education in March 1988 indicates that over 20 per cent. of teachers who qualified in June 1987 had not entered teaching by that date. Results from a March 1989 survey are not yet available.
Torness Power Station
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give an estimate of the costs to his Department of official participation in the opening of Torness power station on 13 May, including security.
Mr. Lang : The total cost to the Scottish Office of official participation in the opening of Torness power station on 13 May was £358. There was no cost to the Scottish Office in respect of security which was provided by Lothian and Borders police, as part of their normal responsibilities, and by the South of Scotland Electricity Board for security within the station.
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Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has as to the cost to the South of Scotland Electricity Board of the opening ceremony for Torness power station.
Mr. Lang : This is a matter for the South of Scotland Electricity Board. I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Gentleman.
School Records
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to be able to make regulations providing parents and older pupils with a right of access to school records, and students with a right of access to further education records.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : We are currently examining the points raised in consultation and will make regulations as soon as possible.
Internal Market
Mr. Sillars : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the Scottish Office civil servants who have advised or assisted the European Commission in its formulation of policy initiatives towards the internal market in the particular areas of (a) public procurement, (b) excluded sectors proposals, (c) compliance directives, and (d) the mutual recognition of professional qualifications ;
(2) if he will list the Scottish Office civil servants by grade and rank who have provided the European Commission with technical or other advice on the following major framework directives : (a) pressure vessels, (b) toys, (c) construction materials, (d) electromagnetic compatibility, (e) machine safety, and (f) food law ;
(3) if he will list the Scottish Office civil servants by grade and rank who have advised the European Commission on (a) the non-life insurance directive, (b) the liberalisation of audio-visual services, (c) the directive liberalising long term capital movements, and (d) the directive liberalising short term capital movements.
Mr. Rifkind : Scottish Office officials give policy, technical and other advice to the European Commission, both in conjunction with colleagues in other United Kingdom Departments and direct, as appropriate, on a whole range of issues including many of those referred to by the hon. Member.
Industrial Production
Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has on the index of industrial production by market sector, with 1979 = 100.
Mr. Lang : These figures are regularly published by the Scottish Office and are updated each quarter. Current figures are based with 1985 = 100, and a statistical bulletin is shortly to be published showing annual market sector indices back to 1958.
The market sector indices for 1988, rescaled to 1979 = 100, are as follows :
|1988 Index (1979=100)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Production industries |104.8
Total consumer goods |94.0
Consumer durables |70
Consumer non-durables |97
Investment goods |121.8
Intermediate goods |103.3
Source: Index of Industrial Production for Scotland.
Cash Limits
Sir Hector Monro : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he proposes to make any changes to the cash limits and running cost limits for 1989-90 within his responsibility.
Mr. Rifkind : Yes. I intend to make changes to four of the cash limits within my responsibility.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the cash limit for class XVI, vote 14--prisons, hospitals and community health services, etc, Scotland--will be increased by £15,758,000 from £1,987,631,000 to £2,003,389,000. Most of the increase, £16,000,000, follows the decision to implement the recommendations on pay of the review bodies in respect of doctors, dentists, nurses, midwives and health visitors, and professions allied to medicine as announced on 16 February 1989. This is partially offset by a reduction of £322,000 following the transfer of responsibility for radiography training from Greater Glasgow health board to Queens college, Glasgow. A corresponding increase will be made to class XVI, vote 15. In addition £80,000 has been transferred from class XVI, vote 17 to cover the cost of appointing dental practice advisers. Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for class XVI, vote 15 education, arts, libraries and social work, Scotland--will be increased by £322,000 from £215,327,000 to £215,649,000 to meet the costs of running the Glasgow school of Radiography following transfer of responsibility from Greater Glasgow health board to Queen's college, Glasgow. This is being offset by a corresponding reduction in class XVI, vote 14. Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate the cash limit for the Scottish Office administration vote, class XVI, vote 21 will be increased by £148,000 from £120,210,000 to £120,358,000 to meet the cost of processing data for England and Wales in connection with the beef special premium scheme. As a consequence the running costs limit for the Scottish Office will be increased by £148,000 from £205,717,000 to £205,865,000. This increase will be offset by corresponding reductions in the cash limits and running cost limits of the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food and the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce, class IV, votes 5 and 2.
Cashblock SO/LA2, which covers mainly housing capital expenditure by local authorities and capital expenditure by new towns and presently stands at £327,500,000, is to be decreased by £600,000 to £326,900,000. Subject to parliamentary approval of the Supplementary Estimate for class XVI, vote 9 (new towns and the urban programme), this amount will be used to meet increased requirements for the urban partnership initiatives.
These changes represent a net charge on the Reserve of £15,678,000 and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
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Forfar Bypass (Accidents)
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received any recommendations, following the consultations between his Department and Tayside region, about accidents on the Forfar bypass ; if the monitoring of traffic and the study of junction design lay-out by his Department, Tayside region and Tayside police has led to recommendations ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 22 May 1989] : An analysis of road accidents on the Forfar bypass prepared by Tayside regional council has recently been received and has been considered by the Scottish Development Department. As a result, the regional council has been asked to prepare urgently short-term measures to improve safety that can be implemented quickly. They have also been requested to look at options for a more major upgrading of the junctions.
Advertising
Mr. Grocott : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide as much information as possible about his Department's expenditure on commercial televison advertising, without breaching commercial confidentiality, over each of the past five years.
Mr. Malcolm Rifkind [holding answer 22 May 1989] : The expenditure was as shown in the table :
Year |£ ------------------------ 1984-85 |161,218 1985-86 |101,176 1986-87 |82,275 1987-88 |115,791 1988-89 |474,844
Mr. Grocott : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much advertising air time his Department purchased with each commercial television company in each of the last five years.
Mr. Malcolm Rifkind [holding answer 15 May 1989] : Information on television advertisements in the form requested is commercially confidential.
EMPLOYMENT
Community Insulation Projects
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has regarding the number of community insulation projects which are likely to terminate on 31 May at the end of the three month extension to the community programme ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls : This information is not available.
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment he has made of the applicability in Great Britain of the action for community employment scheme run by the Department of Economic Development in Northern Ireland, with particular reference to the future of insulation projects ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Nicholls : No assessment has been made because employment and training conditions in Northern Ireland are different from those in the rest of the United Kingdom.
Cash Limits
Mr. Anthony Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether any changes will be made to his Department's cash limits or running costs limits for 1989-90.
Mr. Fowler : Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary summer Supplementary and Revised Estimates, the following changes will be made.
The cash limit on class VII, vote 1 (training programmes) will be increased by £155,522,000 from £2,467,895,000 to £2,623,417,000, due to organisational changes within the Employment Department group resulting in responsibility for some enterprise and small firms functions and other activities transferring to the Training Agency from the Department of Employment. The majority of this increase is offset by a reduction in class VII, vote 2 (employment programmes and central services).
The cash limit on class VII, vote 2, will be reduced by £151,893, 000 from £785,824,000 to £633,931,000. This is a net result of the transfer of £155,522,000 to the Training Agency (class VII, vote 1) of some enterprise and small firms functions and associated running costs and other administrative costs ; an increase in provision of £5,873,000 to make payment to the Department of Social Security (class XV, vote 7) in respect of work done by that Department in connection with payments to employment training and youth training scheme participants ; a net transfer of £1,326,000 in provision to the Central Statistical Office (CSO) (class XIX, vote 18), due to the transfer of some statistical work relating to the retail prices index and the family expenditure survey from the Department of Employment to CSO ; receipts of £1,104,000 from CSO (class XIX, vote 18) in respect of the statistical and administrative support work which the Department of Employment will carry out on a repayment basis ; £11, 000 additional receipts for work carried out by the Department of Employment for other Government Departments ; a transfer of £244,000 from the Department of Social Security (class XV, vote 7), following the change in responsibility for accommodation costs at Reading and Livingston ; and a net decrease in provision of £47,000 for payments to seconded Employment Department group staff.
There will be a new cash limited vote, class VII, vote 5, to facilitate the privatisation of the Skills Training Agency (STA). This new token vote of £1,000 includes provision for expenses to be incurred by the Department of Employment in connection with the privatisation of STA. The Secretary of State for Employment announced the intention to privatise to the House of Commons on 13 March 1989, at column 23.
These changes will not add to the planned total of public expenditure.
There will be a decrease of £193,000 in the Employment Department group's overall running costs to £960,532,000. This is the net result of changes in the running costs limits on class VII, vote 1 and class VII, vote 2. The running costs limit on class VII, vote 2 will be reduced by £7,021,000 from £649,165,000 to £642,144,000. This is the net result of transferring £6,828,000 to class VII,
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vote 1 to cover the staffing of the small firms service and the enterprise allowance scheme ; transferring £437,000 to the Central Statistical Office (class XIX, vote 18) ; and increasing provision by £244,000 from the Department of Social Security (class XV, vote 7) for accommodation costs. The running costs limit for class VII, vote 1 will correspondingly be increased by £6,828,000 from £204,799,000 to £211,627,000.Employment Training
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the number of persons (a) entering and (b) leaving the employment training programme since its inception (i) for each month and (ii) cumulatively.
Mr. Nicholls : The information required is given in the following table.
Employment Training entrants and leavers
|Entrants |Leavers (estimated)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
September |21,500 |1,000
October |31,100 |5,000
November |35,200 |7,000
December |28,900 |7,000
January |36,700 |11,000
February |43,800 |19,000
March |42,200 |26,000
April |36,300 |n/a
|------- |-------
Cumulative total |274,900 |76,000
n/a-Not available.
Note: The total of the monthly entrants figures does not equal the cumulative
total because of rounding and later adjustments.
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of employment training places available on the latest date for which information is available in Scotland.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 19 May 1989] : I have been asked to reply.
In May 1989 there were 34,900 contracted employment training places in Scotland.
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of employment training places occupied on the latest available date for which information is available in Scotland.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 19 May 1989] : I have been asked to reply.
On 12 May 1989 there were 22,000 people participating in employment training in Scotland.
Graduates
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of graduates in employment, and as a percentage of all in employment, in each of the standard regions and Wales for each of the years 1983 to 1988 ;
(2) what was the total number and percentages of graduates in employment in each of the standard regions and Wales in each year from 1983 to 1988.
Mr. Lee [holding answers 19 May 1989] : Estimates from labour force surveys are as shown in the following table :
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Graduates of working age<1> in employment by region
Spring estimates
Thousands and per cent
|1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |<2>1988
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Graduates in Employment (000s)
Northern region |58 |59 |50 |64 |73 |62
Yorkshire and Humberside region |100 |97 |91 |112 |117 |120
East Midlands region |77 |88 |93 |99 |91 |104
East Anglia region |43 |46148 |55 |60 |60
South East region |680 |696 |754 |785 |783 |807
of which Greater London |331 |340 |386 |372 |393 |414
South West region |96 |117 |115 |117 |127 |115
West Midlands region |95 |106 |108 |115 |123 |133
North West region |148 |134 |147 |138 |176 |181
Wales |51 |56 |56 |74 |61 |60
(i) Percentage of all in employment
Northern region |4.9 |5.0 |4.2 |5.3 |5.9 |4.9
Yorkshire and Humberside region |5.1 |4.9 |4.5 |5.6 |5.7 |5.8
East Midlands region |4.7 |5.3 |5.6 |5.8 |5.4 |5.8
East Anglia region |5.4 |5.6 |5.8 |6.4 |6.8 |6.4
South East region |9.3 |9.2 |9.8 |10.2 |10.0 |9.9
of which Greater London |11.4 |11.5 |12.9 |12.7 |13.2 |13.5
South West region |5.4 |6.4 |6.0 |6.1 |6.4 |5.8
West Midlands region |4.6 |5.1 |5.1 |5.3 |5.7 |5.8
North West region |5.9 |5.3 |5.7 |5.4 |6.7 |6.7
Wales |5.1 |5.4 |5.4 |7.1 |5.7 |5.5
(ii) Percentage of all graduates
Northern region |85.4 |83.5 |82.2 |82.7 |84.2 |84.3
Yorkshire and Humberside region |80.4 |85.7 |84.6 |86.3 |86.5 |79.4
East Midlands region |86.0 |84.7 |88.5 |87.3 |86.8 |90.0
East Anglia region |80.1 |88.7 |88.3 |82.8 |83.9 |85.6
South East region |82.9 |85.5 |84.5 |84.7 |85.6 |87.8
of which Greater London |82.9 |84.5 |83.7 |82.1 |86.0 |87.8
South West region |80.8 |82.9 |83.6 |84.9 |90.2 |88.2
West Midlands region |81.7 |83.5 |82.9 |90.2 |86.6 |88.3
North West region |84.7 |78.9 |84.8 |86.1 |87.7 |88.5
Wales |83.8 |82.0 |79.2 |86.7 |80.1 |82.0
Source: Labour Force Surveys.
<1> Men aged 16-64, women aged 16-59. Graduates can only be identified for this age group.
<2> Preliminary results (1988 only).
Qualifications
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were (a) the total number of people of working age, (b) the percentage with (i) A-levels or equivalents or highers, (ii) O-levels or equivalent, (iii)
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achievements below O-level and (iv) no vocational or educational qualifications, for each of the standard regions and Wales, for each of the years 1983 to 1988.Mr. Lee [holding answer 19 May 1989] : Estimates from labour force surveys are as shown in the following table :
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Persons of working age<1> by highest qualification and region
Spring estimates
Thousands and per cent.
|1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |<2>1988
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Northern region
All of working age (000's=100 per cent.) |1,876 |1,879 |1,879 |1,877 |1,878 |1,886
A' level or higher |27.5 |32.0 |32.5 |34.3 |34.7 |33.1
O' level or equivalent |13.0 |14.3 |13.1 |15.0 |16.2 |15.5
Below O' level |10.6 |7.6 |10.1 |9.6 |11.5 |12.3
No qualification |49.0 |46.2 |44.3 |41.1 |37.6 |39.1
Yorkshire and Humberside region
All of working age (000's=100 per cent.) |2,939 |2,956 |2,964 |2,969 |2,977 |2,990
A' level or higher |28.8 |31.3 |32.8 |33.1 |33.8 |33.7
O' level or equivalent |12.7 |13.6 |14.9 |16.3 |17.0 |16.3
Below O' level |9.2 |8.8 |9.9 |10.4 |10.6 |12.4
No qualification |49.3 |46.2 |42.4 |40.3 |38.7 |37.6
East Midlands region
All of working age (000's=100 per cent.) |2,329 |2,355 |2,377 |2,398 |2,418 |2,428
A' level or higher |28.2 |32.8 |33.7 |33.6 |32.0 |33.0
O' level or equivalent |12.9 |15.5 |14.6 |14.9 |16.0 |16.8
Below O' level |9.8 |9.0 |10.0 |11.2 |12.1 |13.3
No qualification |49.1 |42.7 |41.7 |40.3 |39.9 |36.9
East Anglia region
All of working age (000's=100 per cent.) |1,137 |1,151 |1,170 |1,185 |1,201 |1,206
A' level or higher |28.6 |31.9 |32.4 |33.5 |35.1 |34.3
O' level or equivalent |13.6 |15.5 |16.4 |16.5 |17.7 |18.7
Below O' level |12.3 |10.1 |11.1 |12.6 |12.6 |13.0
No qualification |45.5 |42.5 |40.2 |37.4 |34.6 |34.1
South East region
All of working age (000's=100 per cent.) |10,289 |10,394 |10,462 |10,524 |10,570 |10,623
A' level or higher |34.5 |37.0 |38.4 |37.8 |38.2 |37.9
O' level or equivalent |16.3 |17.7 |18.2 |18.2 |19.1 |19.6
Below O' level |10.3 |10.0 |10.0 |11.4 |11.6 |13.0
No qualification |38.9 |35.3 |33.4 |32.6 |31.1 |29.4
Greater London
All of working age (000's=100 per cent.) |4,145 |4,166 |4,170 |4,180 |4,179 |4,203
A' level or higher |33.7 |36.8 |39.0 |37.7 |37.7 |37.7
O' level or equivalent |15.6 |16.6 |16.8 |16.2 |17.5 |17.4
Below O' level |9.1 |8.9 |9.6 |11.0 |10.8 |13.1
No qualification |41.6 |37.8 |34.5 |35.1 |33.9 |31.9
South West region
All of working age (000's=100 per cent.) |2,564 |2,594 |2,629 |2,660 |2,697 |2,709
A' level or higher |32.0 |36.7 |37.1 |36.4 |36.9 |36.3
O' level or equivalent |16.7 |18.1 |17.8 |18.3 |18.4 |19.6
Below O' level |9.9 |10.1 |10.6 |12.4 |12.3 |13.1
No qualification |41.3 |35.1 |34.5 |32.9 |32.3 |31.0
West Midlands region
All of working age (000's=100 per cent.) |3,143 |3,162 |3,175 |3,179 |3,194 |3,208
A' level or higher |26.3 |29.6 |30.1 |31.3 |30.7 |30.2
O' level or equivalent |13.0 |13.9 |14.5 |14.8 |16.1 |16.4
Below O' level |10.0 |10.2 |9.5 |11.4 |11.4 |13.5
No qualification |50.7 |46.3 |45.9 |42.4 |41.8 |39.9
North West region
All of working age (000's=100 per cent.) |3,825 |3,849 |3,846 |3,850 |3,858 |3,875
A' level or higher |30.3 |33.7 |34.8 |33.1 |35.5 |34.8
O' level or equivalent |14.0 |15.0 |16.4 |16.2 |16.3 |17.0
Below O' level |9.3 |9.1 |9.1 |10.9 |10.4 |12.4
No qualification |46.4 |42.2 |39.7 |39.9 |37.8 |35.8
Wales
All of working age (000's=100 per cent.) |1,659 |1,665 |1,673 |1,681 |1,694 |1,701
A' level or higher |25.2 |30.8 |31.6 |32.4 |31.1 |31.7
O' level or equivalent |15.2 |15.7 |16.4 |16.6 |16.8 |17.1
Below O' level |10.0 |7.5 |8.3 |8.7 |9.9 |11.7
No qualification |49.6 |46.0 |43.8 |42.3 |42.2 |39.5
<1> Men aged 16 to 64, women aged 16 to 59.
<2> Preliminary results (1988 only).
Source: Labour Force Survey.
Second Jobs
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of people with a second job in each of the standard regions and Wales for each of the years 1983 to 1988, inclusive.
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Mr. Lee [holding answer 19 May 1989] : Estimates from labour force surveys are as shown in the following table :
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Persons in employment with a second job, by region
Spring estimates (Thousands)
|1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |<1>1988
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Northern region |31 |31 |34 |33 |40 |45
Yorkshire and Humberside region |48 |51 |73 |79 |72 |87
East Midlands region |42 |52 |56 |67 |70 |67
East Anglia region |23 |29 |33 |33 |38 |47
South East region |185 |270 |284 |284 |286 |344
(of which Greater London) |59 |94 |89 |97 |93 |105
South West region |58 |70 |85 |89 |87 |88
West Midlands region |42 |55 |66 |68 |73 |92
North West region |53 |74 |79 |88 |83 |95
Wales |19 |21 |22 |28 |33 |40
<1> Preliminary results (1988 only).
Source: Labour Force Surveys.
Labour Statistics
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the unemployment rate by age and sex for the standard regions and Wales, and for each of the years 1983 to 1988 based on the labour force survey.
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Mr. Lee [holding answer 19 May 1989] : Estimates from labour force surveys are as shown in the following table :
Unemployment<2> rates by age, sex and region
Spring estimates
Thousands
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 <3>1988
|Men |Women|Men |Women|Men |Women|Men |Women|Men |Women|Men |Women
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Northern region
All 16<2> |16.9 |11.3 |16.9 |14.1 |16.0 |12.4 |15.8 |11.6 |14.9 |11.0 |15.0 |11.6
16-19 |36.2 |27.4 |24.7 |29.5 |28.7 |20.3 |25.0 |21.6 |25.6 |17.3 |18.8 |17.8
20-24 |23.8 |16.3 |31.9 |17.9 |23.9 |16.2 |28.6 |18.8 |22.8 |13.7 |16.1 |13.8
25-34 |17.6 |12.3 |16.3 |17.4 |14.5 |16.6 |15.4 |13.0 |15.1 |14.7 |17.3 |14.3
35-49 |10.9 |6.0 |12.9 |10.0 |12.6 |8.7 |11.7 |7.1 |10.4 |8.1 |12.7 |8.3
50-59 |11.3 |<1>- |11.5 |<1>- |14.2 |<1>- |11.8 |<1>- |12.6 |<1>- |14.6 |<1>-
60+ |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
Yorks and Humberside region
All 16<2> |13.8 |10.2 |12.4 |11.2 |12.9 |10.9 |12.4 |10.3 |12.4 |9.5 |11.7 |9.4
16-19 |28.6 |21.7 |24.2 |21.5 |21.4 |19.9 |18.4 |22.8 |21.2 |17.3 |19.1 |16.8
20-24 |21.0 |16.2 |22.2 |15.1 |22.3 |16.8 |19.8 |15.1 |20.2 |13.2 |18.7 |12.7
25.34 |14.6 |12.6 |11.4 |13.6 |12.7 |13.4 |11.2 |12.1 |12.5 |11.7 |11.3 |11.5
35.49 |8.5 |6.1 |9.0 |7.7 |8.6 |6.2 |9.4 |7.0 |7.5 |5.9 |7.5 |5.9
50-59 |10.6 |<1>- |8.6 |7.2 |9.8 |7.8 |11.0 |<1>- |10.5 |6.5 |11.6 |<1>-
60+ |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |14.8 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
East Anglia region
All 16<2> |9.6 |9.4 |7.2 |8.1 |7.5 |9.7 |7.3 |8.7 |7.6 |9.1 |4.7 |6.1
16-19 |20.0 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
20-24 |20.6 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
25-34 |<1>- |<1>- |9.9 |<1>- |<1>- |13.1 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
35-49 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |5.8 |<1>- |<1>- |7.7 |<1>- |<1>-
50-59 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
60+ |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
South East region
All 16<2> |8.7 |8.3 |8.0 |8.5 |7.8 |8.2 |8.4 |8.2 |7.8 |7.4 |5.8 |6.1
16-19 |19.6 |16.7 |16.8 |14.1 |15.7 |13.1 |16.5 |12.7 |12.9 |10.4 |9.2 |8.1
20-24 |14.0 |9.5 |12.8 |11.6 |11.2 |9.3 |12.8 |9.6 |10.0 |9.8 |8.4 |8.2
25.34 |8.2 |10.2 |7.2 |9.4 |7.8 |10.4 |8.8 |10.8 |7.4 |8.9 |5.0 |7.1
35-49 |5.8 |6.6 |5.2 |6.8 |5.8 |6.5 |5.5 |6.2 |5.8 |6.0 |3.9 |4.6
50-59 |6.6 |4.9 |6.8 |5.5 |5.6 |5.7 |6.9 |5.8 |7.6 |5.1 |6.7 |5.1
60+ |7.4 |<1>- |7.5 |5.8 |7.1 |<1>- |6.2 |<1>- |8.4 |<1>- |6.0 |<1>-
Greater London
All 16<2> |10.3 |8.8 |9.7 |10.1 |9.5 |9.5 |11.0 |9.3 |10.2 |7.6 |8.3 |7.5
16-19 |20.3 |15.0 |20.7 |19.5 |17.1 |18.5 |23.1 |16.4 |18.5 |12.7 |14.1 |13.1
20-24 |15.5 |10.6 |14.1 |14.5 |12.1 |10.2 |14.7 |11.5 |13.7 |10.0 |11.8 |9.4
25-34 |10.9 |10.6 |9.2 |10.7 |10.4 |10.2 |12.8 |10.4 |9.7 |8.2 |7.6 |7.6
35-49 |7.9 |7.1 |7.1 |8.1 |7.4 |8.4 |8.0 |7.5 |8.6 |6.2 |5.7 |5.6
50-59 |6.9 |5.0 |7.4 |5.1 |6.9 |6.1 |8.4 |6.3 |8.7 |5.2 |9.9 |6.9
60+ |9.2 |<1>- |9.5 |<1>- |9.4 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |8.1 |<1>- |7.0 |<1>-
South West region
All 16<2> |8.9 |8.5 |8.1 |8.9 |7.2 |8.2 |8.5 |8.5 |7.8 |8.8 |5.8 |6.8
|16-19|21.3 |18.1 |16.9 |13.8 |12.8 |12.6 |19.5 |15.5 |17.0 |11.2 |11.2 |<1>-
20-24 |12.7 |11.7 |11.6 |17.5 |12.1 |10.4 |14.8 |10.2 |9.0 |10.9 |8.8 |9.6
25-34 |8.6 |9.5 |8.5 |10.4 |7.6 |10.7 |6.7 |9.9 |8.3 |12.9 |4.9 |9.2
35-49 |6.4 |6.1 |5.8 |5.9 |4.9 |6.6 |4.9 |7.3 |5.1 |6.5 |4.2 |5.5
50-59 |5.2 |<1>- |6.3 |<1>- |5.1 |<1>- |8.1 |<1>- |6.8 |<1>- |5.1 |<1>-
60+ |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
West Midlands region
All-16<2> |14.9 |12.0 |14.6 |12.0 |14.3 |12.5 |12.2 |10.9 |13.2 |10.4 |8.8 |7.8
16-19 |23.4 |25.4 |26.9 |24.6 |25.9 |23.7 |21.1 |22.0 |25.7 |16.6 |16.2 |11.2
20-24 |22.1 |16.2 |24.4 |16.2 |20.3 |20.1 |16.4 |16.9 |13.9 |13.8 |9.4 |10.4
24-34 |14.9 |13.3 |13.9 |15.6 |13.9 |14.4 |12.8 |13.1 |13.5 |13.7 |8.5 |10.1
35-49 |11.3 |9.4 |10.6 |7.5 |11.3 |7.7 |9.7 |6.7 |10.9 |8.0 |7.0 |6.1
50-59 |12.9 |<1>- |11.1 |<1>- |11.2 |6.7 |10.2 |<1>- |13.3 |<1>- |8.1 |<1>-
60+ |14.5 |<1>- |13.0 |<1>- |11.5 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |10.7 |<1>-
North West region
All 16<2> |15.0 |11.6 |15.6 |12.3 |14.0 |11.4 |14.3 |11.9 |12.9 |11.8 |12.2 |10.1
16-19 |26.1 |24.2 |28.3 |24.3 |22.6 |24.4 |26.3 |26.6 |21.8 |21.3 |21.6 |18.7
20-24 |24.9 |17.0 |25.8 |18.7 |24.1 |15.5 |21.3 |18.8 |19.5 |17.6 |18.3 |14.6
25-34 |14.7 |13.5 |16.0 |12.4 |14.9 |11.0 |15.9 |12.7 |13.0 |12.9 |12.8 |12.9
35-49 |10.8 |8.0 |10.1 |8.3 |9.9 |8.7 |10.1 |7.2 |9.2 |8.4 |8.2 |6.0
50-59 |12.1 |6.2 |12.4 |8.2 |9.9 |6.7 |8.8 |7.3 |10.5 |7.8 |9.1 |6.6
60+ |9.8 |<1>- |10.9 |<1>- |10.0 |<1>- |12.6 |<1>- |11.0 |<1>- |12.9 |<1>-
Wales
All 16<2> |15.9 |11.4 |14.6 |13.3 |13.8 |11.3 |15.2 |112.3|14.2 |11.3 |11.9 |10.4
16-19 |34.5 |28.0 |25.9 |30.4 |23.7 |22.3 |23.8 |24.9 |21.0 |23.6 |18.2 |<1>-
20-24 |27.3 |15.5 |25.7 |18.3 |23.0 |15.7 |27.7 |18.0 |21.6 |<1>- |17.9 |<1>-
25-34 |15.0 |11.4 |15.4 |15.1 |12.9 |11.5 |15.9 |15.5 |15.7 |18.6 |10.5 |13.6
35-49 |10.4 |7.4 |10.4 |9.1 |10.2 |9.2 |10.6 |9.7 |12.2 |7.4 |8.7 |8.2
50-59 |11.0 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |11.9 |<1>- |9.9 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |13.6 |<1>- |60+ |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
Source:Labour Force Surveys.
<1>Sample size too small for a reliable estimate.
<2>Labour Force Definition.
<3>Preliminary results (1988 only).
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give the occupational analysis of people in employment by broad grouping, based on the labour force survey, in each of the standard regions and Wales, for each of the years 1983 to 1988 ; (2) what was the total number of people, based on the labour force survey of occupational analysis of people in
Column 670
employment by sex (a) for each of the broad groupings in the survey and (b) on Government employment and training programmes, for each standard region and Wales for each of the years 1983 to 1988.Mr. Lee [holding answer 19 May 1989] : Estimates from labour force surveys are as shown in the following table :
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Persons in employment by broad occupation group, sex and region
Spring estimates, Thousands
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 <3>1988
|Men |Women|Men |Women|Men |Women|Men |Women|Men |Women|Men |Women
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Employees and Self-employed<2>
Managerial and Professional
Northern region |181 |98 |186 |98 |189 |104 |209 |120 |220 |136 |205 |128
Yorkshire and Humberside
region |312 |188 |344 |183 |358 |185 |353 |206 |351 |225 |371 |219
East Midlands region |278 |141 |308 |163 |323 |158 |307 |164 |299 |169 |326 |174
East Anglia region |149 |64 |162 |77 |163 |87 |179 |87 |177 |99 |179 |98
South East region |1,652|801 |1,741|873 |1,859|907 |1,887|908 |1,823|952 |1,908|997
of which Greater London |605 |350 |652 |374 |725 |405 |705 |376 |677 |399 |723 |406
South West region |350 |186 |383 |215 |394 |211 |412 |214 |392 |230 |409 |245
West Midlands region |369 |173 |373 |187 |395 |201 |417 |215 |379 |222 |423 |242
North West region |443 |257 |440 |252 |484 |284 |470 |269 |486 |298 |489 |322
Wales |183 |108 |202 |127 |194 |112 |211 |126 |198 |115 |198 |130
Clerical and related
Northern region |34 |125 |28 |119 |30 |125 |27 |135 |33 |145 |33 |140
Yorkshire and Humberside
region |48 |212 |59 |216 |51 |220 |46 |223 |54 |225 |49 |242
East Midlands region |40 |174 |45 |189 |43 |189 |37 |190 |39 |199 |46 |202
East Anglia region |25 |92 |25 |89 |21 |97 |20 |104 |27 |97 |26 |113
South East region |341 |1,080|319 |1,104|302 |1,149|290 |1,172|330 |1,217|354 |1,237
of which Greater London |168 |464 |136 |446 |139 |480 |128 |473 |154 |510 |162 |482
South West region |64 |209 |62 |216 |60 |228 |54 |227 |62 |249 |62 |266
West Midlands region |53 |243 |44 |248 |47 |252 |49 |262 |51 |260 |56 |255
North West region |88 |306 |74 |292 |86 |306 |71 |297 |89 |312 |85 |336
Wales |27 |106 |24 |103 |26 |110 |27 |118 |29 |107 |28 |115
Other Non-Manual
Northern region |37 |66 |30 |66 |33 |60 |42 |63 |41 |55 |46 |67
Yorkshire and Humberside
region |69 |87 |63 |89 |66 |95 |70 |92 |66 |92 |71 |91
East Midlands region |60 |63 |62 |66 |54 |66 |64 |64 |63 |66 |70 |71
East Anglia region |38 |34 |43 |35 |41 |33 |47 |32 |42 |43 |40 |48
South East region |289 |279 |297 |314 |305 |305 |289 |301 |306 |310 |323 |306
of which Greater London |103 |102 |107 |104 |114 |104 |105 |109 |106 |102 |113 |120
South West region |80 |80 |82 |82 |80 |92 |81 |94 |86 |85 |92 |99
West Midlands region |68 |84 |66 |76 |68 |80 |71 |85 |77 |89 |88 |91
North West region |83 |101 |78 |97 |87 |107 |90 |119 |81 |114 |85 |116
Wales |31 |47 |34 |44 |33 |50 |32 |52 |32 |51 |36 |48
Craft and similar
Northern region |207 |24 |219 |22 |205 |25 |197 |22 |196 |19 |193 |24
Yorkshire and Humberside
region |331 |36 |346 |44 |342 |41 |337 |41 |334 |35 |324 |40
East Midlands region |286 |67 |286 |56 |285 |59 |299 |71 |289 |63 |287 |61
East Anglia region |120 |13 |127 |12 |133 |12 |126 |14 |132 |13 |135 |<1>-
South East region |1,050|83 |1,065|86 |991 |95 |967 |83 |1,018|89 |1,034|100
of which Greater London |389 |41 |381 |37 |346 |34 |328 |31 |347 |34 |335 |34
South West region |285 |21 |263 |22 |282 |26 |280 |29 |306 |27 |305 |24
West Midlands region |373 |31 |375 |44 |369 |45 |367 |42 |370 |42 |376 |52
North West region |406 |50 |413 |59 |397 |42 |375 |53 |377 |61 |399 |51
Wales |171 |14 |173 |13 |175 |20 |155 |14 |156 |22 |171 |19
General Labourers
Northern region |27 |<1>- |22 |<1>- |21 |<1>- |16 |<1>- |13 |<1>- |13 |<1>-
Yorkshire and Humberside
region |44 |<1>- |39 |<1>- |31 |<1>- |24 |<1>- |17 |<1>- |18 |<1>-
East Midlands region |37 |<1>- |30 |<1>- |31 |<1>- |19 |<1>- |15 |<1>- |13 |<1>-
East Anglia region |<1>- |<1>- |10 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
South East region |47 |11 |47 |<1>- |38 |<1>- |47 |<1>- |30 |<1>- |26 |<1>-
of which Greater London |13 |<1>- |12 |<1>- |14 |<1>- |19 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
South West region |16 |<1>- |16 |<1>- |10 |<1>- |11 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
West Midlands region |28 |<1>- |28 |<1>- |27 |<1>- |23 |<1>- |20 |<1>- |21 |<1>-
North West region |30 |<1>- |40 |<1>- |31 |<1>- |25 |<1>- |20 |<1>- |21 |<1>-
Wales |23 |<1>- |19 |<1>- |14 |<1>- |13 |<1>- |11 |<1>- |11 |<1>-
Other Manual
Northern region |206 |173 |199 |187 |205 |173 |191 |177 |191 |176 |207 |180
Yorkshire and Humberside region |346 |299 |327 |300 |331 |294 |321 |300 |333 |302 |338 |287
East Midlands region |283 |214 |259 |221 |236 |219 |280 |226 |297 |212 |286 |238
East Anglia region |151 |123 |147 |120 |145 |112 |135 |119 |144 |115 |163 |142
South East region |1,063|789 |1,091|856 |1,105|827 |1,075|845 |1,095|847 |1,158|867
of which Greater London |450 |300 |467 |317 |436 |292 |436 |294 |434 |285 |449 |287
South West region |293 |239 |293 |234 |310 |256 |289 |241 |308 |262 |310 |259
West Midlands region |344 |300 |341 |300 |333 |282 |338 |301 |268 |300 |392 |312
North West region |408 |345 |408 |367 |400 |369 |431 |369 |425 |338 |425 |352
Wales |165 |130 |167 |141 |172 |140 |171 |138 |178 |141 |188 |149
On Government employment
and training programmes
Northern region |16 |11 |16 |<1>- |19 |13 |23 |11 |30 |19 |31 |17
Yorkshire and Humberside
region |22 |15 |18 |10 |29 |12 |33 |13 |36 |20 |36 |19
East Midlands region |14 |10 |16 |10 |20 |<1>- |21 |11 |24 |12 |25 |16
East Anglia region |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |10 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |12 |<1>-
South East region |47 |36 |36 |28 |40 |31 |45 |25 |45 |25 |49 |34
of which Greater London |14 |11 |13 |<1>- |11 |12 |15 |12 |19 |<1>- |18 |14
South West region |17 |10 |16 |<1>- |17 |10 |22 |12 |17 |14 |27 |15
West Midlands region |20 |12 |20 |13 |34 |20 |36 |18 |38 |21 |29 |24
North West region |29 |20 |31 |20 |33 |19 |36 |13 |50 |29 |48 |27
Wales |13 |<1>- |12 |<1>- |18 |<1>- |15 |<1>- |23 |14 |26 |11
<1> Sample size too small for a reliable estimate.
<2> Occupation data are only available for employees and self-employed. Not all persons on Government
employment and training programmes are asked the appropriate question.
<3> Preliminary results (1988 only).
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give, based on the labour force
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survey, the total number employed in services in each of the standard regions and Wales for each of the years 1983 to 1988.Column 673
Mr. Lee [holding answer 19 May 1989] : Estimates from labour force surveys are as shown in the following table :
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Employees and self-employed in service industries (SIC's 6-9), by region<1>
Spring estimates
Thousands
|1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |<2>1988
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Northern region |679 |696 |672 |719 |763 |754
Yorkshire and Humberside region |1,124 |1,175 |1,196 |1,219 |1,264 |1,265
East Midlands region |865 |921 |896 |941 |951 |1,011
East Anglia region |495 |510 |511 |545 |579 |605
South East region |5,092 |5,334 |5,413 |5,495 |5,618 |5,855
of which Greater London |2,187 |2,230 |2,259 |2,276 |2,340 |2,402
South West region |1,149 |1,190 |1,275 |1,230 |1,366 |1,386
West Midlands region |1,121 |1,124 |1,154 |1,197 |1,231 |1,320
North West region |1,500 |1,506 |1,601 |1,593 |1,646 |1,701
Wales |592 |628 |633 |686 |652 |684
Source: Labour Force Surveys.
<1>Industry data are available only for employees and self-employed. Not all persons on
Government employment and training programmes are asked the appropriate question.
<2>Preliminary results (1988 only).
Wages Councils
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment in which of the wages councils a majority of the employer bodies supported abolition of wages councils in the recent public consultation.
Mr. Nicholls [holding answer 19 May 1989] : I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 May, at columns 155-56 , to the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes).
ENVIRONMENT
Community Charge Leaflet
Mr. Maples : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he intends to provide minority language versions of the community charge leaflet which is being sent to all households in England during May.
Mr. Boyes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what arrangements have been made to translate the leaflet "The Community Charge (the so called Poll Tax) : How It Will Work for You" into other languages.
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