Economic contribution to SCOTLAND© Centre for Economics and Business Research Ltd, 20119. The sector accounted for 7.1% of Scotland'sworkplace GVA in 2008 (not insignificantly greaterthan the the UK average, 6.4%).. The total contribution to regional GVA was£19,971m in 2010. The corresponding regionalmultiplier is 92.9% of the UK multiplier, meaningthat only 7.1% of the impact of the Scottishconstruction industry is felt elsewhere in the UK. . The construction sector accounts for just over 6.7%of Scotland's workforce jobs in 2011, but this wasas high as 7.7% in 2008. . The economic activity generated by the constructionindustry in Scotland is estimated to be supporting330,649 FTE jobs throughout the country in 2011.But this is almost 80,000 less than in 2008.. The construction sector comprised 18,495enterprises in 2011. 18,445 were SMEs. Theirconstruction activities supported a further 29,160SMEs throughout the region - a total of 47,605SMEs being supported through construction supply chains.Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 GVA (£m, constant 2010 prices) 7,391 7,137 6,345 7,226 Total GVA impact (£m, current prices) 20,153 20,253 17,972 19,971 Direct employment (FTE jobs) 146,044 149,035 131,925 133,371 119,326 Total employment impact (FTE jobs) 404,685 412,972 365,561 369,569 330,649 Source: ONS, Cebr modellin gDirect GVA and employment contributions and total direct, indirect and induced impacts on the Scottish eco nomy

. Construction output has been falling steeply, with areal terms decline in excess of 23% between 2007and 2010. The corresponding real decline in theindustry's direct GVA contribution is estimated to bealmost 20% over the same period.. The volume of new housing fell in real terms by27% between 2008 and 2010. . The volume of new infrastructure grew by 18% in2008, but fell by 6% and almost 29% in 2009 and2010 respectively. . Employment in construction has declinedsignificantly, with an estimated 33,150 FTE jobs inthe sector in 2011. This is over 26% lower than the2007 level. Economic contribution to NORTHERN IRELAND© Centre for Economics 10and Business Research Ltd, 2011Source: ONS, Nomis, Cebr modelling Real GVA and FTE jobs in the Northern Ireland - 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 - 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 GVA constant prices (£m, LHS) Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) ('000s, RHS)