§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of part-time and full-time employees in employment for each of the years December 1979 to December 1991, inclusive.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 22 June 1992]: Information at the level of detail required is only available from the censuses of employment conducted by the Employment Department. Within the period of time for which data are requested, information is available for the following years: 1981, 1984, 1987 and 1989. The table shows the figures requested.
Employees in employment September Full-time Part-time 1981 1,593,000 397,000 1984 1,497,000 407,000 1987 1,448,000 433,000 1989 1,502,000 465,000
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was(a) the total number, (b) the number of males, and (c) the number of females, of employees in employment and self-employed for each year since December 1979.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 22 June 1992]: The information requested is shown in the table. It has been derived by the Employment Department and is from a series of quarterly estimates of the civilian work force in employment.
Employees in employment Self-employed (a) (b) (c) (a) (b) (c) December Total Male Female Total Male Female 1979 2,094 1,197 897 157 127 30 1980 2,037 1,158 879 152 124 28 1981 1,958 1,095 864 157 126 31 1982 1,903 1,067 836 172 133 39 1983 1,891 1,045 846 182 141 41 1984 1,901 1,045 856 193 148 45 1985 1,891 1,031 860 203 158 45 1986 1,863 1,005 858 200 159 41 1987 1,896 1,014 883 204 160 44 1988 1,943 1,016 927 226 173 53 1989 1,971 1,033 938 235 182 53 1990 1,992 1,043 949 244 190 54 1991 1,985 1,031 954 264 207 56
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total number of employees in employment in services industries and manufacturing for each of the years December 1979 to December 1991, inclusive.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 22 June 1992]: The figures showing the total number of employees in employment in 1033W service and manufacturing industries are taken from the civilian work force in employment estimates compiled by the Employment Department. The figures are shown in the table.
Total employees in employment Thousands December Services industries Manufacturing industries 1979 1,221 596 1980 1,237 532 1981 1,217 497 1982 1,199 460 1983 1,215 437 1984 1,231 434 1985 1,242 427 1986 1,243 412 1987 1,280 407 1988 1,319 415 1989 1,350 402 1990 1,376 403 1991 1,407 383