HC Deb 21 May 1986 vol 98 cc215-6W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Paymaster General, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North of 28 April, Official Report, column 340 what is his latest estimate of the percentage of the 775,000 people who have a second job who are included twice in the monthly figures of employed persons.

Mr. Lang

The quarterly estimates of the employed labour force include twice some people who have a second

Agency Title Running Costs received (excluding office premises) Running Costs received for office premises Total Running Costs
£ £ £
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham n/a n/a 14,021
London Borough of Havering n/a n/a 77,776
London Borough of Waltham Forest n/a n/a 29,649
Forest Projects 51,500 4,830 56,330
Interface 73,303 9,548 82,851
Newstart 24,298 2,542 26,840
Redbridge Community Care 37,061 4,708 41,769
Globetown 7,754 863 8,617
Disablement Income Group n/a n/a 1,277
n/a—not available

Note: Some Agencies have not yet rendered accounts

Ms. Richardson

asked the Paymaster General whether he will list for each agency employing long-term unemployed people under the community programme for the east London area the numbers of (a) women, (b) men full-time, (c) women and (d) men part-time workers employed on a permanent basis, together with their job titles.

Mr. Lang

The community programme provides temporary jobs for long-term unemployed people. None of the workers employed on the programme are employed on

job as an employee. There are no direct estimates of the numbers of people who are in this way counted twice in the quarterly estimates of the employed labour force. However, out of the 775,000 people identified in the preliminary results of the 1985 labour force survey as having two jobs, two-thirds reported working as an employee in their second job.