§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Paymaster General what is his latest estimate of the number of full-time jobs lost and part-time jobs gained between 1979 and the latest available date.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe have no means of estimating accurately job losses and job gains.
However, between June 1979 and December 1986, the latest date for which comparable figures are available, there was a net decrease in the size of the full-time employed labour force in Great Britain of 1,359,000.
In the same period there was a net increase in part-time employment of 719,000. Since 1983, however, the employed labour force has grown by 1,130,000.
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Paymaster General if he will list the number of redundancies in the northern region notified to his Department in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. TrippierInformation relating to confirmed redundancies is given in the following table: 29W
Redundancies confirmed as due to occur in Northern Region Year Numbers 1979 14,985 1980 33,276 1981 40,103 1982 32,424 1983 30,274 1984 25,727 1985 24,834 1986 19,471