HC Deb 10 April 1987 vol 114 c442W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Paymaster General how many men and women he estimates to be in search of part-time work.

Mr. Lee

Preliminary labour force survey results for the spring of 1986 indicate that of those unemployed according to the definition conventionally used in measuring the labour force 72,000 men and 411,000 women were looking for work as part-time employees.