§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of employees employed by British Airways on 1 January for each year since 1979; and what proportion of these employees have been employed for less than a year.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerThe available figures are as follows:
British Airways Group Staff Number 31 March 1979 60,788 1 January 1980 60,646 1 January 1981 55,960 1 January 1982 49,685 1 January 1983 44,134 1 January 1984 36,567 1 January 1985 37,895 1 January 1986 39,723 At 1 January 1986, 3,586 staff (including 549 temporary staff) had less than one year's service.