§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many women are employed in firms with fewer than 20 employees; and what proportion of the total number of women in paid employment this represents.
§ Mr. LeeInformation is not available in the exact form requested. It is estimated from the labour force survey that in spring 1987 there were 4,705,000 women in paid employment in Great Britain, who worked either on their own or in places where there were fewer than 25 employees. These represented 45.7 per cent. of all women in paid employment at that time.
§ Mr. ParryTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the level of unemployment in the Liverpool, Riverside constituency at the most recent date both as a number and as a percentage.
§ Mr. LeeIn September 1988 the number of unemployed claimants in the Liverpool, Riverside parliamentary constituency was 9,625. The Department does not calculate unemployment rates for areas smaller than travel-to-work areas. The September 1988 figures include some over-recording.