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GVA in the Scottish Manufacturing Sector: 2003 Q1 – 2004 Q3

Data on student support in higher education is collected by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS). The following table shows the number of HE students who received financial support (either tuition fee, loan or grant support) from public funds for the period 1999-2000 to 2003-04:

Further Education (FE)

Data on students in Further Education is collected and held by the Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFEFC). The following table shows the number of FE students who received financial support from public funds for the period 1998-99 to 2002-03, the latest year for which data is available:

A number of students receive no bursary, but do receive financial support through the Further Education Hardship Fund, Young Students Retention Fund or Childcare Fund. Data on this group is not held centrally.

Data contained within the table are estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics. The LFS measures all those in employment including employees, family workers and self employed people. The LFS is a household survey, so the estimates reflect where people live rather than where they work.

Table 1: Level of Manufacturing Employment, by Specified Local Authority, for each Quarter since January 2001.

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), not seasonally adjusted.

Estimates below 10,000 (marked in italics) are considered statistically unreliable due to small sample sizes.

However, data is available on the change in the level of manufacturing jobs.

Table 1 – Quarterly change in the level of manufacturing jobs.

Source: Quarterly Employee Jobs.

This information is not available quarterly for geographies below Scotland level. However, annual data is available from Annual Business Inquiry, which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Table 2: Annual Change in level of manufacturing jobs

Source: Annual Business Inquiry.

Table 2 reports the percentage of the workforce employed in the manufacturing industry in the areas requested each year since 1999.

The estimates in both tables are from the Annual Business Inquiry employee analysis (1999-2003).

Table 1: Number of People Employed in the Manufacturing Industry, 1999-2003

Source: Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).

Table 2: % of Workforce Employed in the Manufacturing Industry, 1999-2003

Source: Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).

Higher Education

Data for further education is not held centrally.

The future number of general medical practitioners who may be employed by NHS boards is dependent upon the commissioning arrangements which NHS boards put in place for their primary medical services. However, it is anticipated that employed status might develop particularly in rural and remote areas and for Out-of-Hours services.

The number of general medical practitioners who provide NHS services in 2014-15 will also be affected by changes in the way that primary medical services are delivered over the next ten years, which in turn will be affected by changes in the demand placed on the NHS, by the changing balance between primary and secondary care, by changes in skill mix in the workforce, and by developments in medical practice. This makes it impracticable to project a precise number ten years ahead.

However, work is underway to make longer term projections for general medical practitioners as part of the national workforce planning process and preparation for the next National Workforce Plan, which is expected to be published in spring 2005.

I would take this opportunity to remind everyone that it is important not to lose sight of the key role that blood donations play in providing essential treatment and saving lives.  It is essential that people to come forward and regularly donate blood.