§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in Scotland are in part-time work; what is the average number of part-time workers for each of the past 10 years; and what proportion these figures represent of the total work force in employment at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. RifkindInformation on part-time workers in Scotland for each of the past 10 years is available only for female part-time employees in employment. These estimates, given in the table, exclude part-time male employees, the self-employed and participants on work-related Government training programmes. For the years 1978, 1981 and 1984 the censuses of employment record some 0.06 million male part-time employees in employment. In September 1988 female part-time employees comprised 20.6 per cent. of all employees in employment in Scotland and 18.2 per cent. of the civilian work force in employment.
Female part-time employees in employment in Scotland1 Year Annual averages millions 1978 0.31 1979 0.33 1980 0.33 1981 0.34 1982 0.34 1983 0.34 1984 0.35 1985 0.36 1986 0.37 1987 0.38 September 19882 0.39 1 These estimates may be revised when the results of the 1987 Census of Employment becomes available. 2 Not adjusted for seasonal variation.