§ Mr. Concannonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list in the Official Report the numbers and the percentage of the total Northern Ireland work force in full-time employment at the following dates; September 1981, January 1981, July 1980, January 1980, July 1979, January 1979, July 1978, January 1978 and July 1977.
§ Mr. Adam Butler:The information is not available in the form required as the last census of employment was conducted in June 1978 and statistics of the self-employed do not distinguish between full and part-time work.
The table below gives a breakdown of the Northern Ireland work force for June 1978, the only date since July 1977 for which information is available on full-time employment:
Self-employed (full-time and part-time) 75,895 Employees in employment (full-time) 415,081 Employees in employment (part-time) 88,130 Unemployed 64,658 643,764 Figures are not yet available from the census of employment being carried out to September 1981.