§ Mr. Wray: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the working population is in (a) part-time and (b) full-time jobs. [100479]
842W§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. James Wray, dated 3 March 2003:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about part-time and full-time employment. (100479)The estimates from the Labour Force Survey for the three month period ending December 2002 are 74.5 per cent of people in employment are employed full-time and 25.5 per cent are employed part-time. These estimates are seasonally adjusted.