HC Deb 21 May 1985 vol 79 cc393-4W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of additional jobs for (a) employees and (b) self-employed that were created in (i) Scotland, (ii) England and (iii) Wales in the calendar years 1983 and 1984; and if he will publish similar tables for the number of part-time and full-time jobs created; and for men and women, respectively.

Mr. Alan Clark

[pursuant to his reply,20 May 1985, c.299]: Information about job gains and job losses in not available from the Department's statistics, but an indication of the net changes can be seen by comparing levels of employees in employment and the self-employed at different dates. The following table gives the available at different dates. The following table gives the available information showing changes between December each year. Analyses of full-time and part-time jobs are only available for female employees in employment. The self employment figures are derived from the labour force survey which has only a small sample in Scotland and Wales.

Annual changes at December each year in: Scotland England Wales
Employees in employment
All Males
1982–83 -21,000 -101,000 -8,000
1983–84 -3,000 -51,000 -8,000
All Females
1982–83 + 15,000 + 141,000 + 10,000
1983–84 + 19,000 + 177,000 + 6,000
Part-time Females

Title of Report or Subject Matter Date Established Chairman Date Committee Reported
A report of an enquiry into maternal deaths in Northern Ireland 1968–77 The Confidential Enquiry into maternal deaths in Northern Ireland was established in 1956. This, the 4th Report in the series, was undertaken by Mr. Gavin Boyd and Mr. James Moore and was published in 1982
Report of the Committee on Legal Education in Northern Ireland 28 February 1972 Professor A. L. Armitage July 1973
Report and Recommendations of the Working Party on Discrimination in the Private Sector of Employment 3 August 1972 Mr. William Van Straubenzee MP 23 May 1973
Report of the Committee on County Courts and Magistrates' Courts in Northern Ireland October 1972 Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Jones 28 November 1973
Report of the Commission to consider legal procedures to deal with terrorist activities in Northern Ireland 18 October 1972 Lord Diplock December 1972
Report of Committee on Rent Restriction Law of Northern Ireland 16 May 1973 Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Porter QC 3 April 1975
Report of the Law Enforcement Commission. To the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Minister of Justice of Ireland 21 December 1973 None 25 April 1974
Working Party for Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Office). The Handling of complaints against the police: report January 1974 Sir Harold Black December 1975
Report of a Committee to consider, in the context of civil liberties and human rights, measures to deal with terrorism in Northern Ireland 1974 (1st meeting in June Rt. Hon. Lord Gardiner January 1975
Joint Working Party on Community, Sporting and Recreational Provision by District Councils 8 January 1975 Mr. A. C. Brooke July 1975
Proposed Acquisition of land at Maghaberry, Co. Antrim 31 January 1975 The Hon. Mr. Justice Murray August 1975
Regional Rate: Report of the Working Party October 1975 Mr. K. Darwin 1979

Annual changes at December each year in: Scotland England Wales
1982–83 +22,000 +192,000 +8,000
1983–84 +19,000 +159,000 +8,000
Total
1982–83 -7,000 +42,000 +3,000
1983–84 +17,000 +123,000 -3,000
Self-employed persons (with or without employees)
Males
1982–83 +7,000 +85,000 +9,000
1983–84 +7,000 +113,000 +12,000
Females
1982–83 +3,000 +55,000 +4,000
1983–84 +1,000 +61,000 +5,000
Total
1982–83 + 10,000 + 140,000 + 13,000
1983–84 +8,000 +174,000 +17,000