HC Deb 25 October 1988 vol 139 cc193-4W
98. Mr. French

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate the number of new jobs created in the service industries in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Mr. Lee

There are no figures for job gains and job losses. Between June 1987 and June 1988, the latest date for which figures are available, there was a net increase of 446,000 in the numbers of employees in employment and self-employed people in the service industries of Great Britain. The figures have been adjusted for the effects of seasonal variations.

100. Mr. Eastham

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the new jobs created since 1980 has been(a) part-time, and (b) full-time.

114. Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the new jobs created since 1980 have been(a) part-time and (b) full-time.

116. Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the new jobs created since 1980 has been(a) part-time and (b) full-time.

Mr. Lee

There are no figures for job gains and job losses. Between June 1980 and June 1988, the latest date for which figures are available, there was a net increase of 469,000 in the size of the workforce in employment in Great Britain. This was attributable to a net increase of 1,239,000 in part-time employment (of which 337,000 were participants on work-related Government training programmes), offset by a net decrease of 824,000 in full-time employment.

The work force in employment is the sum of employees in employment, the self-employed, members of HM forces and participants in work-related Government training programmes.