§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what forecast the Manpower Services Commission has made of the percentage increase in new jobs by 1990.
§ Mr. AlisonThe Manpower Services Commission makes no forecasts of future levels of employment or unemployment. In planning its programmes the commission takes account of projections over 4–5 years ahead made by the various economic forecasting organisations, most of which do not make projections as far ahead as 1990. The most recent independent forecast of employment levels for 1990 has just been issued by the Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick. The institute suggests that the levels of employment may increase by 5 per cent. or one million by the end of the decade.