HC Deb 03 December 1985 vol 88 c191W
Mr. Skinner

asked the Paymaster General what was the total of (a) male and (b) female part-time workers in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and to the nearest available date in 1985.

Mr. Alan Clark

Male part-time workers are not separately identified in the Department's statistics, but for the period June 1979 to June 1985 (the latest date for which figures are available) the estimated numbers of female part-time employees in employment are as follows:

June of each year Number of part-time female employees in employment
1979 3,869,800
1980 3,940,600
1981 3,816,800
1982 3,861,200
1983 3,956,400
1984 4,161,200
1985 4,344,300