HC Deb 01 December 1987 vol 123 c487W
Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what changes have taken place in numbers employed part-time in Wales in each year since 1979.

Mr. Peter Walker

[holding answer 30 November 1987]: Data from which an annual series can be derived are calculated only in respect of women who make up the bulk of part-timers; the estimates are as follows:

Year: June Females (Thousands)
1979 165
1980 163
1981 159
1982 157
1983 164
1984 164
1985 171
1986 174
1987 182