§ 20. Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the job prospects in the tourist industry, showing the annual employment figures for each of the last five years, the numbers of female workers and the number of part-time workers, respectively.
§ Mr. TrippierDetails on the total number of employees in the main tourism-related industries in hotels, catering and leisure services are published in table 8.1 of labour market data inEmployment Gazette for May 1986. A copy of which is in the Library.
The following table shows the available separate details for female and part-time employees in the main tourism-related industries covered in table 8.1 referred to above.
Thousands in June 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Female employees Of which: 709 728 707 748 773 Part-time employees 475 492 499 537 555 Notes:
(1) Groups 661 to 663, 665, 667, 977 and 979 of Standard Industrial Classification, 1980
(2) Annual estimates of part-time male employees are not available.