§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the numbers of workers in pan-time employment in Wales for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsTotal figures for the number in part-time employment are not available except in the years when a Census of Employment is taken. Females, however, make up the bulk of part-timers and data is published by Department of Employment in the quarterly estimates of employees in employment. The available data is as follows:
Females (thousands) Total (thousands) June 1978* 152 177 June 1979 165 † June 1980 163 † June 1981 159 † September 1981* 156 181 June 1982 160 † June 1983 171 † June 1984 173 † *Census of Employment figures: all other figures are quarterly estimates. † Not available.