HC Deb 17 June 2004 vol 422 cc1037-8W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of(a) men, (b) women and (c) men and women in total of working age were in employment in each quarter since 1984. [177958]

Ruth Kelly

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Willets, dated 17 June 2004:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parlimentary Question about employment. (177958)

The attached table gives the available rates of working age employment by gender for 3 months periods since 1984. These estimates, from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), have been seasonally adjusted Estimates are only available for a single 3 month period of the years 1984 to 1991 inclusive.

As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to sampling variability.

Working age employment rates1,2 by sex—1984 to 2004, for three month periods as shown
United Kingdom Per cent.
Three month period (ending in month shown) All people of working age Males aged 16–64 Females aged 16–59
1984—May 68.8 77.9 58.7
1986—May 69.6 78.3 60.1
1986—May 69.7 77.8 60.9
1987—May 70.4 78.1 62.1
1968—May 72.7 80.5 64.2
1989—May 74.5 82.2 66.1
1990—May 74.9 82.4 66.8
1991—May 73.2 799 66.0
1992
May 71.2 76.5 65.4
August 70.8 76.2 65.1
November 70.6 75.6 65.2
1993
February 70.3 75.2 65.0
May 70.3 75.0 65.2
August 70.3 75.1 65.1
November 70.4 75.2 65.1
1994
February 70.4 75.4 65.1
May 70.7 75.6 65.4
August 70.8 75.8 65.6
November 71.0 76.1 65.5
1995
February 71.0 76.1 65.6
May 71.2 76.4 65.8
August 71.5 76.5 66.1
November 71.6 76.5 66.3
1996
February 71.8 76.6 66.7
May 71.8 76.6 66.7
August 71.9 76 8 66.7
November 72.2 77.1 67.0
1997
February 72.5 77.5 67.2
May 72.7 77.7 67.4
August 72.8 77.9 67.4
November 73.1 78.2 67.6
1998
February 73.2 78.5 67.6
May 73.3 78.4 67.9
August 73.6 78.7 68.2
November 73.7 78.7 68.5
1999
February 73.9 78.8 687
May 73.8 78.7 68.6
August 74.0 79.0 688
November 74.2 79.1 68.9
2000
February 74,2 791 69.0
May 74.4 79.4 69.1
August 74.7 79.4 69.6
November 74.4 79.2 69.2
2001
February 74.6 79.5 69.5
May 74.6 79.5 69.4
August 74.5 79.3 69.3
November 74.5 792 69.4
2002
February 74.4 79.1 69.4
May 74.4 79.0 696
August 74.5 79.0 69.7
November 74.6 79.3 697
2003
February 74.6 79.2 69.7
May 74.7 79.3 69.7
August 74.6 79.3 69.5
November 74.6 79.1 69.7
2004
February 74.9 79.5 70.1
1 Working age people in employment as a percentage of the working age population in the relevant gender group.
2 Seasonally adjusted
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey