Written question asked by Rachel Reeves (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 March 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 March 2021 (named day). It was answered by Amanda Solloway (Conservative) on Monday, 15 March 2021 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Knowledge Economy and Technology: Employment
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the the geographical spread of technology and knowledge economy jobs by region of the UK.
- Answer
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There is no single accepted definition of knowledge economy jobs. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes workforce jobs by region and industry in its JOBS05 dataset, and more detail is available through Nomis official labour market statistics at :https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/.
Separately the ONS publishes a country and region breakdown of business R&D employment in table 18 of the annual release on research and development performed in UK businesses (BERD). The rounded aggregate figures for 2019 were:
Full time equivalent
Total
United Kingdom
263,000
North East
6,000
North West
20,000
Yorkshire and the Humber
14,000
East Midlands
20,000
West Midlands
26,000
East of England
42,000
London
31,000
South East
50,000
South West
22,000
England
232,000
Wales
7,000
Scotland
15,000
Northern Ireland
9,000
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 166397
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Employment Technology Knowledge economy
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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