Labour Statistics

HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 cc654-5W

Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) full-time and (b) part-time jobs (i) male and (ii) female there were in March 1979 and March 1989 in the (a) industrial (b) nursing (c) agriculture and fishing and (d) service sectors in the (i) United Kingdom and (ii) Scotland.

Mr. Lee

[holding answer 20 February 1989]: The available information is given in table A and table B for March 1979 and September 1988 (the latest date for which figures are available) and relates to employees in

Table A Full-time and part-time employees in employment United Kingdom
Thousands
	March 1979	September 1988
	Males	Females	Males	Females
All industries and services (divisions 0–9)1	13,401	9,522	12,001	10,204
of which:
Production industries (divisions 1–4)1	5,736	2,232	3,952	1,631
Coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels (class 11)12	287	12	122	4
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (division 0)1	291	84	252	90
Service industries (divisions 6–9)1	6,268	7,101	6,899	8,362
1 Division or Class of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification.
2 Estimates below national level are subject to considerable estimation error due to the relatively small number of employees in the industry in each English region, Scotland and Wales.

Table B Full-time and part-time employees in employment Scotland
Thousands
	March 1979	September 1988
	Males	Females	Males	Females
		Full-time	Part-time	All		Full-time	Part-time	All
All industries and services (divisions 0–9)1	1,190	558	316	874	992	504	389	893
of which:
Production industries (divisions 1–4)1	477	168	30	198	293	114	21	135
Coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels (class 11) 12	26	1	3	1	6	3	3	3
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (division 0)1	41	4	3	7	24	2	2	4
Service industries (division 6–9)1	532	379	279	658	545	382	362	744
1 Division or Class of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification.
2 Estimates below national level are subject to considerable estimation error due to the relatively small number of employees in the industry in each English region, Scotland and Wales.
3 Nil or negligible.