§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide information on the number of female part-timers in April 1988 with an average working week of(a) one hour, (b) two hours, (c) three hours, (d) four hours, (e) five hours, (f) six hours, (g) seven hours and (h) the total below eight hours; and how many have been working (i) over eight hours but below 16 hours, and (ii) 16 hours and above.
§ Mr. LeePreliminary estimates from the spring 1988 labour force survey are as follows:
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Women aged 16 and over in part-time1 employment in Great Britain Basic usual weekly hours worked2 Number working (thousands) 1 19 2 57 3 65 4 113 5 97 6 176 7 87 Less than 8 hours 3627 8 hours but less than 16 hours 1,545 16 hours to 30 hours 2,821 1 Basic usual weekly hours of 30 or less per week. 2 Excludes mealbreaks and overtime. 3 Includes a few people whose basic usual weekly hours were a half hour or less. Half hours are rounded to the nearest even hour.
§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide information showing the number of male part-time workers in Great Britain in April 1988 and the proportion of those workers whose earnings fell below(a) £3.80 per hour, (b) £2.85 per hour, (c) £2.80 per hour and (d) £5.70 per hour.
§ Mr. NichollsThere were an estimated 914,000 part-time male employees in employment in March 1988. The estimated percentage of part-time male employees earning below the specified amounts in the new earnings survey sample in April 1988 was:
Hourly earnings less than Percentage £ 2.80 55 3.00 63 3.80 79 5.50 87 6.00 88 Figures of the proportion earning below £2.85 and £5.70 per hour are not available; the nearest available figures have been given.
§ Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have become self-employed in the last year in the east midlands; what trend can be discerned; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LeeThere are no figures on people starting or finishing self employment. Between December 1987 and December 1988, the latest date for which figures are available, the estimated number of self-employed in the east midlands region increased by 10,000 to stand at 205,000. This is an increase of 82,000 or 67 per cent. since 1979, and follows the national trend of substantial growth in self employment during the 1980s.