§ Mr. Watsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were in full-time employment on each of the following dates (a) 1 June 1970 (b) 1 June 1979 and (c) 1 June of the current year.
§ Mr. Jim LesterInformation on the numbers of full-time employees is available from the census of employment. This was first conducted in 1971 and the latest available relates to 1977.
NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT GREAT BRITAIN—JUNE Thousands All employees Full-time employees 1970 21,993* Not available 1971 21,648 18,308 1977 22,126 17,828 1979 22,311† Not available * Taken from the continuous series of employment estimates which takes account of discontinuities present in earlier data. † Provisional. Estimates of the total numbers of employees in employment in Great Britain in June 1980 will be published at the end of October.