Labour Statistics

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.