Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many jobs there were in the manufacturing sector in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of all jobs such jobs were in each such year.
Data on the number and proportion of manufacturing employees in each region and constituent country of the UK is available from the Office for National Statistics Employee Jobs data.
Please note that this covers employees only and excludes the self-employed.
The data requested is given below.
Employee Jobs in Manufacturing by Region and Country of the UK
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
North East | 129 | 128 | 121 | 116 | 113 |
North West | 364 | 361 | 334 | 329 | 305 |
Yorks/Humber | 288 | 283 | 267 | 253 | 248 |
East Midlands | 279 | 277 | 264 | 257 | 258 |
West Midlands | 350 | 331 | 318 | 285 | 280 |
East of England | 247 | 243 | 232 | 220 | 214 |
London | 144 | 139 | 133 | 118 | 111 |
South East | 302 | 297 | 287 | 267 | 265 |
South West | 244 | 245 | 232 | 224 | 216 |
Wales | 157 | 156 | 156 | 140 | 129 |
Scotland | 214 | 212 | 201 | 189 | 176 |
Northern Ireland | 84 | 84 | 82 | 75 | 73 |
UK | 2,800 | 2,755 | 2,626 | 2,472 | 2,388 |
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| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
North East | 107 | 110 | 109 | 110 | 116 |
North West | 316 | 296 | 302 | 314 | 328 |
Yorks/Humber | 247 | 249 | 246 | 258 | 262 |
East Midlands | 249 | 261 | 253 | 251 | 256 |
West Midlands | 277 | 275 | 280 | 294 | 299 |
East of England | 221 | 226 | 213 | 216 | 212 |
London | 106 | 107 | 106 | 112 | 115 |
South East | 262 | 254 | 242 | 239 | 237 |
South West | 213 | 218 | 217 | 214 | 214 |
Wales | 133 | 133 | 138 | 147 | 145 |
Scotland | 178 | 180 | 174 | 182 | 189 |
Northern Ireland | 74 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 80 |
UK | 2,384 | 2,383 | 2,356 | 2,414 | 2,453 |