HC Deb 21 July 1988 vol 137 cc769-70W
Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in the United Kingdom have two or more jobs.

Mr. Lee

The regular work force in employment series does not identify persons with two or more jobs.

The labour force survey (LFS) provides information on a different basis but identifies persons with a second job. It is estimated that in spring 1987 there were 853,000 persons in the United Kingdom with a second job.

Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the number of unemployed in the borough of Sunderland(a) in May 1979, and (b) in May 1988 if calculated on the same basis as in 1979.

Mr. Lee

The requested information is not available. Unemployment statistics for local authority districts are available only from June 1983. My Department does not estimate unemployment on any previous definition as it is impossible to estimate what the various effects of changes in coverage of the unemployment count would now be.