Aerospace Industry: Employment
(asked on 3rd July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people are employed in the aerospace industry in (a) each English Region, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland.
BEIS estimates (based on 2017 ONS data) that there are currently 123,000 people employed in the UK aerospace industry. This cannot be broken down by region. On the same basis, there were 121,000 jobs in 2016. The ONS Business Registers and Employment Survey for 2016 (the latest year that data is available) does provide rounded estimates of regional employment - however owing to less complete coverage, this source reports a lower employment total of 114,000 in 2016. The breakdown of this, covering each English region, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is set out in the table below:
Employment in the Manufacture, maintenance and repair of Aircraft
Region/Country | Employment 2016 | % |
North East | 1,800 | 2% |
North West | 15,900 | 14% |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,500 | 1% |
East Midlands | 18,600 | 16% |
West Midlands | 6,900 | 6% |
East | 10,000 | 9% |
London | 1,800 | 2% |
South East | 11,500 | 10% |
South West | 22,500 | 20% |
Wales | 12,000 | 11% |
Scotland | 4,500 | 4% |
Northern Ireland | 7,000 | 6% |
England | 91,000 | 80% |
UK | 114,000 | 100% |