§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been(a) the total number of persons in employment each quarter since January 1979 and (b) total labour force for each quarter since the same dates; what was (a) as a percentage of (b) for each quarter; and what was the difference between (a) as a percentage of (b) and (b) from each of these quarters.
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§ Mr. LeeThe available information is as follows:
Great Britain Employed labour force Working population Thousand Thousand 1Per cent. 2Per cent. 1979 March 24,699 25,894 95 5 June 24,767 25,916 96 4 September 24,844 25,957 96 4 December 24,886 26,014 96 4 1980 March 24,824 26,052 95 5 June 24,706 26,088 95 5 September 24,440 26,117 94 6 December 24,205 26,176 92 8 1981 March 23,966 26,058 92 8 June 23,754 26,028 91 9 September 23,630 26,038 91 9 December 23,409 25,995 90 10 1982 March 23,435 25,983 90 10 June 23,329 25,944 90 10 September 23,202 25,907 90 10 December 23,060 25,857 89 11 1983 March 22,997 25,841 89 11 June 23,039 25,947 89 11 September 23,165 26,077 89 11 December 23,293 26,217 89 11 1984 March 23,398 26,361 89 11 June 23,483 26,451 89 11 September 23,577 26,613 89 11 December 23,708 26,776 89 11