§ 30. Mr. Macleanasked the Paymaster General what is the proportion of (a) employees in employment and (b) self-employed persons directly and indirectly engaged in the tourist industry.
§ Mr. TrippierI refer my hon. Friend to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet (Mr. Chapman) on 29 October 1985, at columns 425–26, for the latest comprehensive estimate on employment supported directly or indirectly by tourists' spending.
The most recent available information on employees and the self-employed in the industries most closely related to tourism is given in table 8.1 of "Labour Market Data" in Employment Gazette for February 1986, a copy of which is in the Library.