HC Deb 08 January 2004 vol 416 c444W
Mr. Stephen O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate she has made of the proportion of employees in the UK information and communication technology sector who are(a) nationals of countries outside the UK and (b) nationals of countries outside the EU. [146136]

Mr. Timms

The information is not available.

Mr. Stephen O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people have been employed in the information and communication technology sector in each year since 1997. [146137]

Mr. Timms

The figures for the UK, in thousands, are as follows; the latest year for which information is available is 2001.

Number (Thousand)
1997 n/a
1998 1,216
1999 1,291
2000 1,376
2001 1,420

n/a = Not available.

Source:

National Statistics (Annual Business Inquiry).