HC Deb 01 December 1994 vol 250 cc865-7W
Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 24 November,Official Report, column 266, if he will provide a breakdown by region and gender of (a) the 587,000 employees in temporary jobs because they could not find permanent employment and (b) the total number of employees in temporary jobs.

Mr. Oppenheim

The following tables give the information available from the spring 1994 labour force survey:

(a) Employees in temporary jobs because they could not find full-time work by sex and region of residence Spring 1994 (not seasonally adjusted)
Thousands
Sex
Region of residence All persons Men Women
Great Britain 587 303 284
North 41 26 15

Mr. Oppenheim

The following tables give the information available from the spring 1994 labour force survey. The same size used in the survey is not large enough to provide reliable estimates for self-employed people, nor for an age analysis by region.

(a) Employees in temporary jobs because they could not find full-time work by sex and region of residence Spring 1994 (not easonally adjusted)
Thousands
Sex
Region of residence All persons Men Women
Yorkshire and Humberside 54 31 22
East Midlands 33 16 17
East Anglia 25 13 11
South East 191 94 96
—Greater London 77 34 43
—Rest of South East 113 60 53
South West West Midlands 42 18 24
North West 63 33 30
Wales 32 17 15
Scotland 63 32 31

Source:

Labour force survey.

(b) Employees in temporary jobs by sex and region of residence Spring 1994 (not seasonally adjusted)
Thousands
Sex
Region of residence All persons Men Women
Great Britain 1,373 607 765
North 84 43 42
Yorkshire and Humberside 118 56 62
East Midlands 90 35 55
East Anglia 56 23 33
South East 480 205 275
—Greater London 184 79 105
—Rest of South East 296 126 170
South West 101 42 59
West Midlands 112 48 65
North West 140 67 73
Wales 66 28 38
Scotland 125 62 63

Source:

Labour force survey.