HC Deb 22 October 1984 vol 65 cc472-3W
Mr. Craigen

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of full-time and part-time jobs in each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Alan Clark

Comprehensive information is available only for those dates when censuses of employment were conducted and is as follows:

Employees in employment: Great Britain
Thousand
Full-time Part-time
June 1971 18,308 3,341
June 1972 18,173 3,477
June 1973 18,355 3,828
June 1974 18,187 4,110
June 1975 17,964 4,248

Full-time Part-time
June 1976 17,764 4,284
June 1977 17,828 4,298
June 1978 17,870 4,383
September 1981 16,815 4,499

A further census is being conducted in respect of September of this year.