HC Deb 15 February 1994 vol 237 cc743-4W
16. Mr. Etherington

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of part-time workers are women.

Mr. David Hunt

In September 1993, 76 per cent. of part-time workers in Great Britain were women.

Civilian workforce in employment1
Thousands
Standard regions Male all Female full time
June 1979 September 1993 June 1979 September 1993
South East 4,839 4,342 2,006 2,224
Greater London2 n/a 1,932 — 1,064
East Anglia 481 498 178 218
South West 1,032 1,094 417 496
West Midlands 1,462 1,197 550 546
East Midlands 1,013 919 393 446
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,302 1,114 480 487
North West 1,700 1,402 719 661
North 802 645 314 284
Wales 716 613 276 275
Scotland 1,333 1,193 597 610
Great Britain 14,677 13,015 5,934 6,246
1 The civilian work force in employment comprises employees in employment, the self employed and participants on work related government training programmes.
2 Included in South East.

25. Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give his estimate of the number of unemployed young people under 21 years.

Miss Widdecombe

Age and duration figures from the claimant unemployment count are only available in standard age bands. The nearest approximation to the figures requested are for those under 20 years of age. There were 227,208 unemployed claimants aged under 20 in October 1993, 16,720 less than 12 months ago.

Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the average weekly earnings of (i) full-time males, (ii) full-time females and (iii) part-time females in 1978–79 and in the latest year for which data are available in(a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Yorkshire and Humberside and (d) north Yorkshire; and what were (c) and (d) as a percentage of (b) in each case.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information requested on average weekly earnings can be found in tables 110 and 113 of part E and table 180 of part F of the New Earnings Survey for each of the years requested with the exception

17. Sir Ralph Howell

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will report on the first six months of the North Norfolk Action pilot scheme.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

In the first six months, 125 people have taken part in work experience projects of whom 27 have found employment or gone on to further training. During the same period 385 have received help through a series of weekly caseload interviews. Of these, 226 have achieved a positive outcome by gaining a job or joining other employment programmes.