Careers Service (Hansard, 27 July 1993)

§ Ms Quin
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much expenditure(a) has already been incurred and (b) will be incurred in implementing those provisions of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 relating to the careers service.

§ Miss Widdecombe
I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave her on 26 July 1993.

Number of economically active Women by age of youngest dependent child. Winter 1992–93 (not seasonally adjusted)

Woman aged 16 and over Thousands

Age of youngest dependent child

All economically active women 0–4 5–10 11–15 No dependent children under 16

Great Britain 12,034 1,666 1,435 1,125 7,808

England 10,409 1,432 1,237 968 6,772

Wales 562 86 70 51 356

Scotland 1,063 148 129 106 680

Source: Labour Force Survey.

§ Mr. Watson
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish figures for the projected labour force in Scotland for each year until 2001(a) for males and (b) for females.

§ Miss Widdecombe
The figures were published in the June 1992 issue of theEmployment Gazette—table 1, pages 294–5—and more detailed analyses are available from the NOMIS database in the Library.

§ Mr. Watson
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the annual labour activity rate for(a) males and (b) females in Scotland between the current year and his Department's published figure for 2000.

§ Miss Widdecombe
The figures were published in the June 1992 issue of theEmployment Gazette—table 4, pages 300–1—and more detailed analyses are available from the NOMIS database in the Library.

§ Mr. Watson
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list how many(a) males, full time, (b) females, full time and (c) females, part time in Scotland were covered by collective agreements at work both in 1979 and for the latest full year for which such figures are available.

§ Miss Widdecombe
The information is not available in the form requested. However, information on the proportion of employees covered by collective agreements in the groups specified, as at April 1992, is shown in the table. Comparable figures for 1979 are available only at disproportionate cost.

Proportion of employees covered by a collective agreement in Scotland, April 1992

Category of employee Proportion covered per cent.

(a) Full-time males 35

(b) Full-time females 42

(c) Part-time females¹ 50

Number of economically active Women by age of youngest dependent child. Winter 1992–93 (not seasonally adjusted)
Woman aged 16 and over	Thousands
		Age of youngest dependent child
	All economically active women	0–4	5–10	11–15	No dependent children under 16
Great Britain	12,034	1,666	1,435	1,125	7,808
England	10,409	1,432	1,237	968	6,772
Wales	562	86	70	51	356
Scotland	1,063	148	129	106	680

Proportion of employees covered by a collective agreement in Scotland, April 1992
Category of employee	Proportion covered per cent.
(a) Full-time males	35
(b) Full-time females	42
(c) Part-time females¹	50