§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Employment into what categories he anticipates analyzing 396W unemployment by previous occupations later this year on the basis of the 1983 labour force survey; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe 1983 labour force survey will provide information on the previous occupations of the unemployed for those who have had a job within the last three years. Information will be provided for at least the following six broad occupational groups:
- Managerial and professional
- Clerical and related
- Other non-manual
- Craft and similar
- General labourers
- Other manual
It is expected that information will also be provided for some more disaggregated occupational groupings but the number of these will depend on the reliability of the survey estimates which cannot be fully assessed until the survey results become available.