HC Deb 07 July 1988 vol 136 cc687-9W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 23 June,Official Report, column 670, if he will now supply the same data for each quarter after December 1984 relating to number of persons in employment.

Great Britain/Thousand
Employed Labour Force Working Population Employed Labour Force as a percentage of the Working Population Difference between working population and employed labour force as a percentage of the working population
1979
March 24,699 25,894 95 5
June 24,767 25,916 96 4
September 24,844 25,957 96 4
December 24,886 26,014 96 4
1980
March 24,824 26,052 95 5
June 24,706 26,088 95 5
September 24,470 26,117 94 6
December 24,205 26,176 92 8
1981
March 23,966 26,058 92 8
June 23,754 26,028 91 9
September 23,630 26,038 91 9
December 23,489 25,995 90 10
1982
March 23,435 25,989 90 10
June 23,329 25,944 90 10
September 23,202 25,907 90 10
December 23,060 25,857 89 11
1983
March 22,997 25,841 89 11
June 23,039 25,947 89 11
September 23,165 26,077 89 11
December 23,293 26,217 89 11

Mr. Cope

The figures given, which are consistent with those given in the reply that the hon. Member received from my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 27 May 1988, at columns375–76, relate to receipts in respect of programme expenditure: receipts in respect of running costs expenditure are not included. The following table for the years 1982–83 to 1990–91 give a breakdown of receipts received by the Department of Employment group.

Mr. Lee

There was a printing omission in the reply given on 23 June, at column670. The full text of the reply, containing information for all the years requested, is as follows:

Employed Labour Force Working Population Employed Labour Force as a percentage of the Working Population Difference between working population and employed labour force as a percentage of the working population
1984
March 23,398 26,361 89 11
June 23,483 26,451 89 11
September 23,577 26,613 89 11
December 23,708 26,776 89 11
1985
March 23,796 26,882 89 11
June 23,871 26,967 89 11
September 23,913 27,020 89 11
December 23,938 27,065 88 12
1986
March 23,950 27,137 88 12
June 23,967 27,157 88 12
September 24,046 27,197 88 12
December 24,150 27,234 89 11
1987
March 24,273 27,273 89 11
June 24,426 27,291 90 10
September 24,510 27,220 90 10
December1 24,654 27,212 91 9
1The latest date for which figures are available.

Notes:

The employed labour force is the sum of employees in employment, the self-employed, and members of HM forces.

The working population is the sum of the employed labour force and unemployed claimants.

The figures have been adjusted for the effects of seasonal variations, and the working population estimates also allow for changes in the coverage of the unemployment count as far as is possible.

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