HC Deb 15 December 1989 vol 163 cc858-66W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a revised and updated table providing the information published in theOfficial Report on 28 February, columns 171–176.

Mr. Nicholls

The tables show the work force in employment, male and female, full-time and part-time, for each quarter since 1980 with actual and percentage changes by quarter and year.

Table 1 workforce in employment in Great Britain Seasonally adjusted
Thousands
Males Females
Full time Part time1 All Full time Part time All
December 1979 ֵ ֵ 15,006 5,997 3,883 9,880
March 1980 ֵ ֵ 14,958 5,959 3,907 9,866
June 1980 14,030 856 14,886 5,906 3,913 9,819
September 1980 ֵ ֵ 14,731 5,871 3,868 9,738
December 1980 ֵ ֵ 14,558 5,809 3,837 9,647
March 1981 ֵ ֵ 14,387 5,765 3,814 9,579
June 1981 13,389 843 14,232 5,726 3,796 9,521
September 1981 ֵ ֵ 14,118 5,706 3,806 9,512
December 1981 ֵ ֵ 14,012 5,676 3,802 9,478
March 1982 ֵ ֵ 13,957 5,702 3,776 9,478
June 1982 13,016 869 13,885 5,676 3,768 9,443
September 1982 ֵ ֵ 13,810 5,628 3,764 9,392
December 1982 ֵ ֵ 13,721 5,628 3,713 9,341
March 1983 12,796 868 13,664 5,358 3,977 9,335
June 1983 12,740 895 13,635 5,379 4,032 9,411
September 1983 12,761 982 13,743 5,416 4,143 9,559
December 1983 12,762 1,039 13,801 5,458 4,214 9,672
March 1984 12,802 1,030 13,832 5,496 4,240 9,736
June 1984 12,831 1,045 13,875 5,524 4,261 9,785
September 1984 12,880 1,048 13,928 5,556 4,297 9,853
December 1984 12,895 1,077 13,972 5,573 4,335 9,908
March 1985 12,910 1,062 13,972 5,609 4,342 9,951
June 1985 12,878 1,085 13,963 5,628 4,363 9,990
September 1985 12,868 1,096 13,963 5,640 4,419 10,059
December 1985 12,826 1,112 13,938 5,650 4,413 10,064
March 1986 12,786 1,086 13,872 5,658 4,429 10,087
June 1986 12,707 1,137 13,845 5,658 4,479 10,137
September 1986 12,709 1,167 13,876 5,683 4,543 10,225
December 1986 12,667 1,198 13,865 5,720 4,573 10,293
March 1987 12,676 1,200 13,876 5,740 4,604 10,344
June 1987 12,744 1,262 14,006 5,833 4,652 10,486
September 1987 12,853 1,297 14,150 5,916 4,690 10,606
December 1987 12,929 1,330 14,259 6,015 4,711 10,726
March 1988 13,043 1,308 14,351 6,109 4,699 10,809
June 1988 13,089 1,317 14,406 6,166 4,710 10,877
September 1988 13,157 1,305 14,462 6,223 4,754 10,977
December 1988 13,128 1,355 14,483 6,250 4,781 11,032
March 1989 13,160 1,389 14,549 6,286 4,842 11,129
June 1989 13,143 1,427 14,570 6,319 4,868 11,187
1 Prior to September 1984 figures for part-time male employees are only available from the Census of Employment. For dates prior to 1984 census, the approximate estimates have been derived by the interpolation of the proportion of male employees who were part-time on the census dates. The estimates have only been made for June of each year from June 1979 to June 1982, but are quarterly from March 1983 to June 1984.

ֵ= Not Available.

Note:

Male part-time figures are not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2 workforce in employment Great Britain Seasonally adjusted
Change over previous quarter Thousands
Males Females
Full time Part time1 All Full time Part time All
December 1979 ֵ ֵ 0 19 22 42
March 1980 ֵ ֵ -47 -38 24 -14
June 1980 ֵ ֵ -72 -53 7 -46
September 1980 ֵ ֵ -155 -35 -46 -81
December 1980 ֵ ֵ -173 -62 -30 -92
March 1981 ֵ ֵ -172 -44 -23 -67
June 198 ֵ ֵ -154 -39 -19 -58
September 1981 -89 -26 -114 -20 10 -9
December 1981 ֵ ֵ -106 -30 -4 -35
March 1982 ֵ ֵ -55 26 -26 0
June 1982 ֵ ֵ -72 -26 -8 -34
September 1982 ֵ ֵ -75 -48 -4 -51
December 1982 ֵ ֵ -90 0 -51 -51
March 1983 ֵ ֵ -57 -270 264 -5
June 1983 -56 27 -29 21 55 76
September 1983 21 87 108 37 111 148
December 1983 1 57 58 42 71 113
March 1984 40 -9 31 38 26 64
June 1984 29 15 43 28 21 49
September 1984 49 4 53 32 36 68
December 1984 15 29 44 17 38 56

Males Females
Full time Part time1 All Full time Part time All
March 1985 15 -16 -1 36 7 43
June 1985 -32 24 -8 19 21 39
September 1985 -11 10 0 12 56 69
December 1985 -41 16 -25 11 -6 5
March 1986 -40 -26 -66 7 16 23
June 1986 -79 52 -27 1 50 50
September 1986 2 29 31 24 64 88
December 1986 -43 31 -12 37 31 68
March 1987 9 2 11 20 30 51
June 1987 68 63 131 94 48 142
September 1987 109 35 144 83 38 120
December 1987 76 33 108 98 22 120
March 1988 114 -22 92 95 -12 83
June 1988 47 9 56 57 11 68
September 1988 67 -12 55 57 43 100
December 1988 -29 50 21 27 27 55
March 1989 32 34 66 36 61 97
June 1989 -17 38 21 32 26 59
1 Prior to September 1984 figures for part-time male employees are only available from the Census of Employment. For dates prior to 1984 census, the approximate estimates have been derived by the interpolation of the proportion of male employees who were part-time on the census dates. The estimates have only been made for June of each year from June 1979 to June 1982, but are quarterly from March 1983 to June 1984.

ֵ=Not available.

Note:

Male part-time figures are not seasonally adjusted.

Table 3 workforce in employment in Great Britain Seasonally adjusted
Percentage charge over previous year Thousands
Males Females
Full time Part time1 All Full time Part time All
December 1979 ֵ ֵ .0 .3 .6 .4
March 1980 ֵ ֵ -.3 -.6 .6 -.1
June 1980 ֵ ֵ -.5 -.9 .2 -.5
September 1980 ֵ ֵ -1.0 -.6 -1.2 -.8
December 1980 ֵ ֵ -1.2 -1.0 -.8 -.9
March 1981 ֵ ֵ -1.2 -.8 -.6 -.7
June 1981 ֵ ֵ -1.1 -.7 -.5 -.6
September 1981 -.7 -3.0 -.8 -.3 .3 -.1
December 1981 ֵ ֵ -.8 -.5 -.1 -.4
March 1982 ֵ ֵ -.4 .5 -.7 .0
June 1982 ֵ ֵ -.5 -.5 -.2 -.4
September 1982 ֵ ֵ -.5 -.8 -.1 -.5
December 1982 ֵ ֵ -.6 .0 -1.4 -.5
March 1983 ֵ ֵ -.4 -4-8 7.1 -.1
June 1983 -.4 3.2 -.2 .4 1-4 .8
September 1983 .2 9.7 .8 .7 2.7 1.6
December 1983 .0 5.8 .4 .8 1.7 1.2
March 1984 .3 -.9 .2 .7 .6 .7
June 1984 .2 1.4 .3 .5 .5 .5
September 1984 .4 .4 .4 .6 .8 .7
December 1984 .1 2.7 .3 .3 .9 .6
March 1985 .1 -1.4 .0 .6 .2 .4
June 1985 -.2 2.2 -.1 .3 .5 .4
September 1985 -.1 .9 .0 .2 1.3 .7
December 1985 -.3 1.5 -.2 .2 -.1 .0
March 1986 -.3 -2.3 -.5 .1 .4 .2
June 1986 -.6 4.8 -.2 .0 1.1 .5
September 1986 .0 2.6 .2 .4 1.4 .9
December 1986 -.3 2.7 -.1 .7 .7 .7
March 1987 .1 .1 .1 .4 .7 .5
June 1987 .5 5.2 .9 1.6 1.1 1.4
September 1987 .9 2.8 1.0 1.4 .8 1.1
December 1987 .6 2.5 .8 1.7 .5 1.1
March 1988 .9 -1.7 .6 1.6 -.3 .8
June 1988 .4 .7 .4 .9 .2 .6
September 1988 .5 -.9 .4 .9 .9 .9
December 1988 -.2 3.8 .1 .4 .6 .5
March 1989 .2 2.5 .5 .6 1.3 .9
June 1989 -.1 2.7 .1 -5 .5 .5
1 Prior to September 1984 figures for part-time male employees are only available from the Census of Employment. For dates prior to 1984 census, the approximate estimates have been derived by the intepolation of the proportion of male employees who were part-time on the census dates. The estimates have only been made for June of each year from June 1979 to June 1982, but are quarterly from March 1983 to June 1984.

ֵ= Not Available.

Note:

Male part-time figures are not seasonally adjusted.

Table 4 workforce in employment in Great Britain Seasonally adjusted
Change over previous year Thousands
Males Females
Full time Part time1 All Full time Part time All
December 1979 ֵ ֵ 47 68 114 181
March 1980 ֵ ֵ -3 40 88 128
June 1980 ֵ ֵ -83 -54 76 22
September 1980 ֵ ֵ -274 -107 7 -100
December 1980 ֵ ֵ -447 -188 -45 -233
March 1981 ֵ ֵ -572 -194 -93 -286
June 1981 -641 -13 -654 -180 -118 -298
September 1981 ֵ ֵ -613 -165 -61 -226
December 1981 ֵ ֵ -547 -133 -36 -169
March 1982 ֵ ֵ -430 -63 -39 -102
June 1982 -373 26 -347 -50 -28 -78
September 1982 ֵ ֵ -308 -78 -42 -120
December 1982 ֵ ֵ -291 -48 -89 -137
March 1983 ֵ ֵ -293 -344 202 -142
June 1983 -276 26 -250 -297 265 -32
September 1983 ֵ ֵ -67 -212 379 167
December 1983 ֵ ֵ 80 -170 501 331
March 1984 6 162 168 138 262 401
June 1984 91 149 240 145 228 374
September 1984 119 66 185 140 154 294
December 1984 133 38 172 115 122 237
March 1985 108 32 140 113 103 215
June 1985 47 41 88 103 102 205
September 1985 -12 47 35 84 122 206
December 1985 -69 35 -34 77 78 155
March 1986 -124 24 -100 49 87 136
June 1986 -171 52 -119 31 116 147
September 1986 -158 71 -87 43 123 166
December 1986 -160 86 -74 69 160 229
March 1987 -110 114 4 82 175 257
June 1987 37 125 162 175 174 348
September 1987 144 130 274 234 147 381
December 1987 262 132 394 295 138 433
March 1988 367 108 475 369 95 465
June 1988 345 55 400 333 58 391
September 1988 304 8 312 307 64 371
December 1988 199 25 224 236 70 306
March 1989 117 81 198 177 143 320
June 1989 54 110 163 153 158 311
1 Prior to September 1984 figures for part-time male employees are only available from the Census of Employment. For dates prior to 1984 census, the approximate estimates have been derived by the interpolation of the proportion of male employees who were part-time on the census dates. The estimates have only been made for June of each year from June 1979 to June 1982, but are quarterly from March 1983 to June 1984.

ֵ=Not Available.

Note:

Male part-time figures are not seasonally adjusted.

Table 5 workforce in employment in Great Britain Seasonally adjusted
Percentage charge over previous year Thousands
Males Females
Full time Part time1 All Full time Part time All
December 1979 ֵ ֵ 0.3 1.1 3.0 1.9
March 1980 ֵ ֵ 0.0 0.7 2.3 1.3
June 1980 ֵ ֵ -0.6 -0.9 2.0 0.2
September 1980 ֵ ֵ -1.8 -1.8 0.2 -1.0
December 1980 ֵ ֵ -3.0 -3.1 -1.2 -2.4
March 1981 ֵ ֵ -3.8 -3.3 -2.4 -2.9
June 1981 -4.6 -1.5 -4.4 -3.1 -3.0 -3.0
September 1981 ֵ ֵ -4.2 -2.8 -1.6 -2.3
December 1981 ֵ ֵ -3.8 -2.3 -0.9 -1.8
March 1982 ֵ ֵ -3.0 -1.1 -1.0 -1.1
June 1982 -2.8 3.1 -2.4 -0.9 -0.7 -0.8
September 1982 ֵ ֵ -2.2 -1.4 -1.1 -1.3
December 1982 ֵ ֵ -2.1 -0.8 -2.3 -1.4
March 1983 ֵ ֵ -2.1 -6.0 5.3 -1.5
June 1983 -2.1 3.0 -1.8 -5.2 7.0 -0.3
September 1983 ֵ ֵ -0.5 -3.8 10.1 1.8
December 1983 ֵ ֵ 0.6 -3.0 13.5 3.5
March 1984 0.0 18.7 1.2 2.6 6.6 4.3

Males Females
Full time Males Part time1 All Full time Females Part time All
June 1984 0.7 16.7 1.8 2.7 5.7 4.0
September 1984 0.9 6.7 1.3 2.6 3.7 3.1
December 1984 1.0 3.7 1.2 2.1 2.9 2.4
March 1985 0.8 3.1 1.0 2.0 2.4 2.2
June 1985 0.4 3.9 0.6 1.9 2.4 2.1
September 1985 -0.1 4.5 0.3 1.5 2.9 2.1
December 1985 -0.5 3.2 -0.2 1.4 1.8 1.6
March 1986 -1.0 2.3 -0.7 0.9 2.0 1.4
June 1986 -1.3 4.8 -0.9 0.6 2.7 1.5
September 1986 -1.2 6.5 -0.6 0.8 2.8 1.7
December 1986 -1.2 7.8 -0.5 1.2 3.6 2.3
March 1987 -0.9 10.5 0.0 1.5 3.9 2.5
June 1987 0.3 11.0 1.2 3.1 3.9 3.4
September 1987 1.1 11.2 2.0 4.1 3.2 3.7
December1987 2.1 11.0 2.8 5.2 3.0 4.2
March 1988 2.9 9.0 3.4 6.4 2.1 4.5
June 1988 2.7 4.3 2.9 5.7 1.2 3.7
September 1988 2.4 0.6 2.2 5.2 1.4 3.5
December 1988 1.5 1.9 1.6 3.9 1.5 2.8
March 1989 0.9 6.2 1.4 2.9 3.0 3.0
June 1989 0.4 8.3 1.1 2.5 3.4 2.9
1 Prior to September 1984 figures for part-time male employees are only available from the Census of Employment. For dates prior to 1984 census, the approximate estimates have been derived by the intepolation of the proportion of male employees who were part-time on the census dates. The estimates have only been made for June of each year from June 1979 to June 1982, but are quarterly from March 1983 to June 1984.

ֵ = Not Available.

Note:

Male part-time figures are not seasonally adjusted.

Mr Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, if he will publish in theOfficial Report tables showing the proportion of all part-time employees who are (a) manual and (b) non-manual earning less than (I) £416, (ii) £4–32, (iii) £312 and (iv)) £2–80 per hour for (1) men, (2) women and (39 all part-time employees, excluding overtime, shift and payment by results premiums, for Great Britain and in each county and standard economic region in England, and in each London borough.

Mr. Nicholls

The information requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.

Great Britain
Numbers employed millions Numbers on adult rates millions Average Gross earnings of those on adult rates £ per week Numbers not on adult rates millions Average Gross earnings of those not on adult rates £ per week
1989
Males
Full-time employees 10.8 10.4 269.5 0.3 109.5
Part-time employees 0.9 0.8 81.1 0.1 —
Self-employed 2.3 — — — —
Full-time 2.1 — — — —
Part-time 0.2 — — — —
Females
Full-time employees 5.9 5.7 182.3 0.2 95.9
Part-time employees 4.3 4.2 69.2 0.1 29.7
Self-employed 0.8 — — — —
Full-time 0.4 — — — —
Part-time 0.4 — — — —
1 Apart from the numbers employed, which relate to June 1989, the figures relate to April 1989.
2 Denotes data either not available or no reliable estimate possible.

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the proportion of wages council employees throughout the wages council sectors, broken down by(a) collective agreement and (b) industry, earning below (i) £4.16, (ii) £4.32, (iii) £3.12 and (iv)) £2.80 per hour excluding overtime, payment by results and shift premiums.

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will update the table published in theOfficial Report on 20 July, columns 321–326, showing the number of male and female full-time and part-time workers on adult rates and the estimated average earnings in each case, and the number of full-time and part-time workers who were temporarily employed in each case; and what estimate he is able to make of similar data for the self-employed and for workers on non-adult rates.

Mr. Nicholls

Such estimates as are possible for 1989 are provided in the following table:

Mr. Nicholls

The information is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.

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