Question reference: S2W-18540
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 17 August 2005
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Current status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 September 2005
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the growth rate in jobs was in Glasgow in each of the last seven years.
Answer
Data on the number of employee jobs in Glasgow are available from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI). Table 1 shows the number of employee jobs in Glasgow from 1996 to 2003 and the percentage change each year taken from the ABI.
Table 1 Employee jobs in Glasgow 1996-20031,2
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| Total Employment | Percentage Change Each Year |
| 1996 | 326,400 |
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| 1997 | 341,100 | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 347,200 | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 354,200 | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 363,900 | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 387,700 | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 385,800 | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 385,300 | -0.1% |
Source: Annual Business Inquiry.
Notes:
1. These data exclude agriculture class 0100 (SIC 92)
2. The 2003 ABI data for aggregate areas is based on 2003 CAS wards which differs from previous years ABI data which was build from 1991 census wards. This change in geographies may give rise to discontinuity, however at local authority level discontinuities are negligible.
3. Annual Business Inquiry data are workplace based.
4. Data has been rounded to the nearest hundred.