§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many new jobs he estimates have been created in the Greater London area during the last 12 months. [143930]
§ Ms JowellThere are no figures available for jobs created in the Greater London area, as there is no requirement for employers to notify any agency when they recruit staff for a new job. However, a set of figures called the "Civilian Workforce in Employment" published by the Office for National Statistics estimate that up to September 2000, there were 68,000 more people employed in Greater London than there were in September 1999.