§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of(a) employees in employment, (b) self-employed, (c) persons on Government training schemes, and (d) Her Majesty's 163W forces each year at mid-year from 1979; and what was the increase each year in each case in numbers and by percentage.
Work force in employment in Great Britain Thousand. Seasonally adjusted Employees in employment Self-employed Participants in work related government training programmes Her Majesty's Forces Work force in employment2 June each year Number Net change since previous year Number Net change since previous year Number Net change since previous year Number Net change since previous year Number Net change since previous year Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. 1979 22.611 365 2 1.842 -1 0 0 0 0 314 -4 -1 24.767 360 2 1980 22.432 -179 -1 1.950 108 6 0 0 0 323 9 3 24.706 -61 0 1981 21.362 -1.070 -5 2.058 108 6 0 0 0 334 11 3 23.754 -952 -4 1982 20.896 -466 -2 2.109 51 3 0 0 0 324 -10 -3 23.329 -425 -2 1983 20.556 -340 -2 2.160 51 2 8 — — 322 -2 -1 23.046 -283 -1 1984 20.729 173 1 2.435 275 13 168 160 2.000 326 4 1 23.658 612 3 1985 20.995 266 1 2.550 115 5 168 0 0 326 0 0 24.039 381 2 1986 21.079 84 0 2.567 17 1 218 50 30 322 -4 -1 24.184 145 1 1987 21.315 236 1 2.801 234 9 303 85 39 319 -3 -1 24.736 552 2 19881 21.597 282 1 2.925 124 4 335 32 11 316 -3 -1 25.172 436 2 1 Self-employed figures for June 1988 are projections. 2 The work force in employment is the sum of employees in employment, the self-employed, Her Majesty's Forces and participants on work related Government training programmes.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of vacancies, both regionally and nationally, each month since January 1986; and what was the six-monthly change in percentage terms in each case.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is also in the Library. The table shows the seasonally adjusted level of unfilled vacancies at jobcentres for each month since January 1986 by region and nationally, together with the percentage change compared with six months previously.
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Unfilled vacancies at jobcentres Unfilled vacancies (seasonally adjusted) Percentage change compared with six months ago 1986 January 60,330 -2.8 February 63,460 1.9 March 64,410 5.0 April 65,250 4.5 May 63,960 3.8 June 68,280 14.5 July 72,380 20.0 August 75,480 18.9 September 76,710 19.1 October 78,790 20.8 November 80,820 26.4 December 80,170 17.4 1987 January 81,760 13.0 February 80,180 6.2 March 82,360 7.4 April 83,540 6.0 May 87,200 7.9 June 87,920 9.7 July 90,460 10.6 August 90,690 13.1 September 94,220 14.4 October 101,040 20.9 November 107,060 22.8 December 102,330 16.4 1988 January 100,680 11.3 February 100,380 10.7 March 98,500 4.5 April 101,520 .5 May 100,300 -6.3 June 100,790 -1.5 July 95,930 -4.7 August 92,430 -7.9
§ Mr. LeeThe information is as follows:
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Unfilled vacancies (seasonally adjusted) Percentage change compared with six months ago September 88,860 -9.8 October 91,060 -10.3 November 87,510 -12.8 December 82,680 -18.0 1989 January 79,400 -17.2 Greater London 1986 January 24,960 -5.5 February 26,240 -0.5 March 27,190 5.1 April 27,360 5.8 May 27,750 7.9 June 28,440 14.3 July 30,530 22.3 August 32,430 23.6 September 32,630 20.0 October 33,360 21.9 November 34,500 24.3 December 34,650 21.8 1987 January 35,700 16.9 February 35,520 9.5 March 35,620 9.2 April 35,810 7.3 May 36,310 5.2 June 36,250 4.6 July 37,740 5.7 August 36,950 4.0 September 38,530 8.2 October 40,960 14.4 November 43,160 18.9 December 40,440 11.6 1988 January 38,640 2.4 February 36,580 -1.0 March 34,290 -11.0 April 35,130 -14.2 May 34,350 -20.4 June 33,550 -17.0 July 30,450 -21.2 August 29,400 -19.6 September 27,770 -19.0 October 29,010 -17.4 November 28,550 -16.9 December 28,430 -15.3 1989
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Unfilled vacancies (seasonally adjusted) Percentage change compared with six months ago January 26,800 -12.0 East Anglia 1986 January 5,670 -3.1 February 5,660 -5.7 March 5,700 -3.6 April 5,710 -2.1 May 5,380 -4.6 June 6,020 10.5 July 6,340 11.8 August 6,460 14.1 September 6,560 15.1 October 6,960 21.9 November 6,690 24.3 December 7,070 17.4 1987 January 6,910 9.0 February 7,030 8.8 March 7,480 14.0 April 7,440 6.9 May 7,850 17.3 June 7,940 12.3 July 7,870 13.9 August 8,150 15.9 September 8,320 11.2 October 8,760 17.7 November 8,990 14.5 December 8,760 10.3 1988 January 8,830 12.2 February 8,850 8.6 March 9,060 8.9 April 9,440 7.8 May 9,810 9.1 June 9,940 13.5 July 10,420 18.0 August 10,200 15.3 September 10,310 13.8 October 10,250 8.6 November 10,120 3.2 December 9,460 -4.8 1989 January 9,300 -10.7 South West 1986 January 16,930 3.4 February 17,940 5.9 March 18,430 11.6 April 18,210 5.4 May 16,630 -6.0 June 18,550 7.3 July 18,610 9.9 August 18,540 3.3 September 18,570 0.8 October 18,290 0.4 November 18,630 12.0 December 18,230 -1.7 1987 January 18,320 -1.6 February 18,390 -0.8 March 18,980 2.2 April 19,300 5.5 May 20,980 12.6 June 20,150 10.5 July 19,200 4.8 August 19,620 6.7 September 19,970 5.2 October 20,880 8.2 November 20,230 -3.6 December 20,060 -0.4
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Unfilled vacancies (seasonally adjusted) Percentage change compared with six months ago 1988 January 20,420 6.4 February 19,820 1.0 March 19,820 -0.8 April 20,520 -1.7 May 20,750 2.6 June 20,940 4.4 July 21,140 3.5 August 20,160 1.7 September 20,200 1.9 October 20,600 0.4 November 19,870 -4.2 December 20,170 -3.7 1989 January 20,000 -5.4 West Midlands 1986 January 13,180 12.9 February 13,540 12.3 March 14,140 13.4 April 13,730 6.0 May 13,960 8.2 June 15,020 15.9 July 15,910 20.7 August 17,230 27.3 September 16,530 16.9 October 17,140 24.8 November 16,990 21.7 December 17,350 15.5 1987 January 17,590 10.6 February 18,130 5.2 March 18,330 10.9 April 18,560 8.3 May 20,570 21.1 June 20,950 20.7 July 21,450 21.9 August 21,930 21.0 September 22,740 24.1 October 24,370 31.3 November 24,750 20.3 December 24,190 15.5 1988 January 24,370 13.6 February 24,400 11.3 March 24,010 5.6 April 24,020 -1.4 May 23,570 -4.8 June 23,820 -1.5 July 23,720 -2.7 August 22,910 -6.1 September 22,960 -4.4 October 25,370 5.6 November 25,270 7.2 December 24,760 3.9 1989 January 23,110 -2.6 East Midlands 1986 January 9,590 5.3 February 9,790 8.7 March 9,890 10.4 April 9,910 9.3 May 9,510 3.4 June 9,940 6.4 July 10,490 9.4 August 10,830 10.6 September 10,690 8.1 October 11,170 12.7
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Unfilled vacancies (seasonally adjusted) Percentage change compared with six months ago November 11,220 18.0 December 10,810 8.8 1987 January 10,950 4.4 February 11,090 2.4 March 19,900 2.0 April 11,670 4.5 May 12,720 13.4 June 12,500 15.6 July 12,350 12.8 August 12,410 11.9 September 12,750 17.0 October 13,150 12.7 November 12,880 1.3 December 12,740 1.9 1988 January 12,730 3.1 February 13,010 4.8 March 13,180 3.4 April 13,750 4.6 May 13,890 7.8 June 14,030 10.1 July 13,750 8.0 August 13,580 4.4 September 13,860 5.2 October 14,630 6.4 November 14,360 3.4 December 14,190 1.1 1989 January 13,920 1.2 Yorkshire and Humberside 1986 January 9,350 0.5 February 9,330 9.0 March 9,410 9.3 April 9,640 13.5 May 10,320 18.9 June 11,310 22.4 July 11,720 25.3 August 12,370 32.6 September 12,460 32.4 October 13,270 37.7 November 13,620 32.0 December 13,220 16.9 1987 January 13,860 18.3 February 14,230 15.0 March 14,980 20.2 April 14,960 12.7 May 15,800 16.0 June 15,660 18.5 July 15,290 10.3 August 15,770 10.8 September 16,230 8.3 October 17,010 13.7 November 16,840 6.6 December 16,400 4.7 1988 January 15,910 4.1 February 15,850 0.5 March 15,690 -3.3 April 15,730 -7.5 May 15,110 -10.3 June 15,140 -7.7 July 15,210 -4.4 August 15,030 -5.2 September 15,340 -2.2 October 16,340 3.9 November 15,440 2.2 December 14,880 -1.7
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Unfilled vacancies (seasonally adjusted) Percentage change compared with six months ago 1989 January 14,420 -5.2 North West 1986 January 16,820 7.5 February 17,820 12.5 March 17,480 5.2 April 17,440 3.9 May 17,330 4.9 June 18,780 12.1 July 19,400 15.3 August 19,810 11.2 September 19,630 12.3 October 20,810 19.3 November 21,330 23.1 December 21,660 15.3 1987 January 21,970 13.2 February 21,550 8.8 March 22,580 15.0 April 23,030 10.7 May 24,220 13.5 June 24,500 13.1 July 24,970 13.7 August 25,060 16.3 September 25,070 11.0 October 26,820 16.5 November 26,310 8.6 December 23,720 -3.2 1988 January 22,410 -10.3 February 22,170 -11.5 March 23,930 -4.5 April 23,950 -10.7 May 24,000 -8.8 June 23,910 0.8 July 23,250 3.7 August 22,920 3.4 September 23,420 -2.1 October 25,770 7.6 November 25,820 7.6 December 24,670 3.2 1989 January 22,840 -1.8 Northern 1986 January 8,240 3.78 February 8,600 12.27 March 8,800 8.11 April 8,770 8.54 May 8,910 10.14 June 9,250 16.65 July 9,780 18.69 August 10,530 22.44 September 10,610 20.57 October 11,320 29.08 November 11,600 30.19 December 11,330 22.49 1987 January 11,560 18.20 February 11,280 7.12 March 11,270 6.22 April 11,650 2.92 May 11,720 1.03 June 12,130 7.06 July 12,260 6.06 August 12,190 8.07 September 12,170 7.99 October 12,700 9.01
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Unfilled vacancies (seasonally adjusted) Percentage change compared with six months ago November 12,800 9.22 December 12,080 -0.41 1988 January 11,460 -6.53 February 11,520 -5.50 March 11,590 -4.77 April 11,680 -8.03 May 11,680 -8.75 June 11,860 -1.82 July 11,230 -2.01 August 10,780 -6.42 September 10,560 -8.89 October 11,480 -1.71 November 11,260 -3.60 December 11,630 -1.94 1989 January 11,190 -0.36 Wales 1986 January 8,510 5.32 February 8,430 6.04 March 8,790 11.83 April 8,670 7.17 May 8,750 6.71 June 9,110 7.18 July 9,660 13.51 August 10,090 19.69 September 10,400 18.32 October 10,770 24.22 November 10,200 16.57 December 10,490 15.15 1987 January 10,510 8.80 February 10,820 7.23 March 10,280 -1.15 April 10,230 -5.01 May 10,510 3.04 June 11,530 9.91 July 10,990 4.57 August 11,140 2.96 September 11,270 9.63 October 12,340 20.63 November 11,810 12.37 December 11,110 -3.64 1988 January 11,200 1.91 February 11,180 0.36 March 11,060 -1.86 April 11,940 -3.24 May 12,640 7.03 June 12,400 11.61 July 12,480 11.43 August 12,130 8.50 September 12,130 9.67 October 12,430 4.10 November 12,640 0.00 December 12,360 -0.32 1989 January 12,140 -2.72 Scotland 1986 January 14,320 -1.58 February 14,940 4.6 March 15,780 8.1 April 15,740 6.0 May 15,880 9.7 June 16,990 21.9 July 17,430 21.7 August 17,280 15.7
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Unfilled vacancies (seasonally adjusted) Percentage change compared with six months ago September 16,930 7.3 October 16,360 3.9 November 16,660 4.9 December 16,750 -1.4 1987 January 17,470 0.2 February 17,640 2.1 March 17,910 5.8 April 17,230 5.3 May 18,050 8.3 June 18,340 9.5 July 18,430 5.5 August 18,660 5.8 September 19,460 8.7 October 20,590 19.5 November 20,950 16.1 December 20,610 12.4 1988 January 19,630 6.5 February 19,490 4.4 March 19,750 1.5 April 20,600 0.0 May 20,060 -4.2 June 19,630 -4.8 July 19,790 0.8 August 19,970 2.5 September 20,040 1.5 October 20,550 -0.2 November 20,010 -0.2 December 20,500 4.4 1989 January 19,910 0.6 Great Britain 1986 January 162,940 1.5 February 169,500 5.6 March 172,840 7.3 April 173,070 5.6 May 170,640 4.7 June 183,240 13.8 July 191,700 17.7 August 198,620 17.2 September 199,080 15.2 October 204,880 18.4 November 207,760 21.8 December 207,070 13.0 1987 January 210,900 10.0 February 210,350 5.9 March 215,070 8.0 April 217,600 6.2 May 229,640 10.5 June 231,620 11.9 July 233,280 10.6 August 235,610 12.0 September 242,200 12.6 October 257,660 18.4 November 262,610 14.4 December 251,990 8.8 1988 January 247,640 6.2 February 246,680 4.7 March 246,590 1.8 April 253,140 -1.8 May 251,810 -4.1 June 252,480 0.2 July 246,930 -0.3 August 240,110 -2.7 September 237,650 -3.6 October 248,460 -1.8
Unfilled vacancies (seasonally adjusted) Percentage change compared with six months ago November 242,290 -3.8 December 235,300 -6.8 1989 January 226,200 -8.4 Northern Ireland 1986 January 1,791 9.9 February 1,907 20.9 March 1,915 16.4 April 2,069 27.4 May 2,007 22.6 June 1,992 17.2 July 2,032 13.5 August 2,128 11.6 September 2,114 10.4 October 2,118 2.4 November 2,130 6.1 December 1,925 -3.4 1987 January 2,010 -1.1 February 1,990 -6.5 March 1,963 -7.1 April 1,981 -6.5 May 1,992 -6.5 June 2,031 5.5 July 2,021 0.5 August 2,089 5.0 September 2,191 11.6 October 2,246 13.4 November 2,449 22.9 December 2,937 44.6 1988 January 3,134 55.1 February 2,871 37.4 March 2,799 27.7 April 2,801 24.7 May 2,651 8.2 June 2,619 -10.8 July 2,725 -13.1 August 2,639 -8.1 September 2,625 -6.2 October 2,695 -3.8 November 2,863 8.0 December 2,993 14.3 1989 January 2,989 9.7 United Kingdom 1986
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Work force in employment in Great Britain (seasonally adjusted) Work force in employment Males Females Full-time Part-time1 All Full-time Part-time All Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands December 1979 2 2 15,006 5,827 4,053 9,880 March 1980 2 2 14,958 5,777 4,089 9,866 June 1980 14,030 856 14,886 5,711 4,109 9,819 September 1980 2 2 14,731 5,663 4,075 9,738 December 1980 2 2 14,558 5,589 4,058 9,647 March 1981 2 2 14,387 5,532 4,047 9,579 June 1981 13,390 843 14,232 5,480 4,041 9,521 September 1981 2 2 14,118 5,458 4,054 9,512 December 1981 2 2 14,012 5,425 4,052 9,478 March 1982 2 2 13,957 5,449 4,029 9,478 June 1982 13,016 869 13,885 5,420 4,023 9,443 September 1982 2 2 13,810 5,369 4,023 9,392 December 1982 2 2 13,721 5,366 3,974 9,340 March 1983 12,795 868 13,663 5,357 3,977 9,334 June 1983 12,740 895 13,635 5,378 4,032 9,411
Unfilled vacancies (seasonally adjusted) Percentage change compared with six months ago January 164,731 1.6 February 171,407 5.7 March 174,755 7.4 April 175,139 5.8 May 172,647 4.8 June 185,232 13.8 July 193,732 17.6 August 200,748 17.1 September 201,194 15.1 October 206,998 18.2 November 209,890 21.6 December 208,995 12.8 1987 January 212,910 9.9 February 212,340 5.8 March 217,033 7.9 April 219,581 6.1 May 231,632 10.4 June 233,651 11.8 July 235,301 10.5 August 237,699 11.9 September 244,391 12.6 October 259,906 18.4 November 265,059 14.4 December 254,927 9.1 1988 January 250,774 6.6 February 249,551 5.0 March 249,389 2.0 April 255,941 -1.5 May 254,461 -4.0 June 255,099 0.1 July 249,655 -0.4 August 242,749 -2.7 September 240,275 -3.7 October 251,155 -1.9 November 245,153 -3.7 December 238,293 -6.6 1989 January 229,229 -8.2
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the increase in employment each quarter since January 1980; what was the percentage change for(a) each quarter and (b) each year; and how many jobs in each quarter were (i) full-time male, (ii) full-time female, (iii) part-time male and (iv) part-time female.
§ Mr. LeeThe available information is as follows:
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Work force in employment Males Females Full-time Part-time1 All Full-time Part-time All Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands September 1983 12,162 982 13,744 5,417 4,143 9,560 December 1983 12,762 1,039 13,801 5,459 4,212 9,670 March 1984 12,802 1,030 12,832 5,496 4,237 9,733 June 1984 12,830 1,045 13,875 5,523 4,260 9,783 September 1984 12,882 1,048 13,930 5,558 4,296 9,854 December 1984 12,917 1,077 13,994 5,570 4,344 9,914 March 1985 12,953 1,062 14,015 5,605 4,357 9,962 June 1985 12,944 1,086 14,029 5,623 4,387 10,010 September 1985 12,953 1,096 14,049 5,636 4,448 10,084 December 1985 12,935 1,112 14,047 5,643 4,456 10,099 March 1986 12,918 1,086 14,004 5,647 4,482 10,128 June 1986 12,861 1,138 13,999 5,647 4,539 10,186 September 1986 12,879 1,167 14,046 5,672 4,604 10,276 December 1986 12,860 1,198 14,059 5,706 4,654 10,359 March 1987 12,899 1,201 14,100 5,723 4,696 10,418 June 1987 12,938 1,263 14,201 5,777 4,758 10,535 September 1987 12,973 1,306 14,279 5,808 4,806 10,614 December 1987 12,971 1,343 14,314 5,858 4,847 10,705 March 1988 13,029 1,330 14,359 5,892 4,882 10,774 June 1988 13,007 1,356 14,363 5,910 4,899 10,809 September 1988 13,035 1,358 14,393 5,966 4,934 10,899 1 Part-time male figures are not seasonally adjusted. 2 Unavailable.
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Work force in employment in Great Britain (seasonally adjusted) Net change over previous quarter Males Females Full-time Part-time1 All Full-time Part-time All Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands December 1979 2 2 0 6 35 41 March 1980 2 2 -47 -51 36 -14 June 1980 2 2 -72 -66 19 -46 September 1980 2 2 -155 -48 -33 -81 December 1980 2 2 -173 -74 -17 -92 March 1981 2 2 -172 -56 -11 -67 June 1981 2 2 -154 -52 -6 -58 September 1981 2 2 -114 -22 13 -9 December 1981 2 2 -106 -33 -2 -35 March 1982 2 2 -55 24 -23 0 June 1982 2 2 -72 -29 -5 -34 September 1982 2 2 -75 -51 -1 -51 December 1982 2 2 -90 -4 -49 -52 March 1983 2 2 -57 -9 3 -6 June 1983 -55 27 -28 21 55 77 September 1983 22 87 109 38 111 149 December 1983 0 57 57 42 68 110 March 1984 40 -9 31 37 26 63 June 1984 28 15 43 27 23 50 September 1984 52 3 55 35 36 71 December 1984 35 29 64 12 48 59 March 1985 36 -16 21 35 13 49 June 1985 -10 24 14 17 30 48 September 1985 10 10 20 14 61 74 December 1985 -18 16 -2 7 8 15 March 1986 -16 -28 -43 4 26 29 June 1986 -57 52 -6 0 57 57 September 1986 18 30 47 25 65 90 December 1986 -18 31 13 34 50 84 March 1987 39 3 42 17 42 59 June 1987 39 62 101 54 62 117 September 1987 34 43 78 31 48 79 December 1987 -2 37 35 50 41 92 March 1988 58 -13 45 34 35 89 June 1988 -22 26 4 18 17 35 September 1988 28 2 30 56 35 91 1 Part-time male figures are not seasonally adjusted. 2 Unavailable.
Workforce in employment in Great Britain (seasonally adjusted) Percentage change over previous quarter Males Females Full-time Part-time1 All Full-time Part-time All per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. December 1979 2 2 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.4 March 1980 2 2 -0.3 -0.9 0.9 -0.1 June 1980 2 2 -0.5 -1.1 0.5 -0.5 September 1980 2 2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 December 1980 2 2 -1.2 -1.3 -0.4 -0.9 March 1981 2 2 -1.2 -1.0 -0.3 -0.7 June 1981 2 2 -1.1 -0.9 -0.1 -0.6 September 1981 2 2 -0.8 -0.4 0.3 -0.1 December 1981 2 2 -0.8 -0.6 0.0 -0.4 March 1982 2 2 -0.4 0.4 -0.6 0.0 June 1982 2 2 -0.5 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 September 1982 2 2 -0.5 -0.9 0.0 -0.5 December 1982 2 2 -0.6 -0.1 -1.2 -0.6 March 1983 2 2 -0.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 June 1983 -0.4 3.2 -0.2 0.4 1.4 0.8 September 1983 0.2 9.7 0.8 0.7 2.7 1.6 December 1983 0.0 5.8 0.4 0.8 1.7 1.2 March 1984 0.3 -0.9 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.7 June 1984 0.2 1.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 September 1984 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 December 1984 0.3 2.8 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.6 March 1985 0.3 -1.4 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.5 June 1985 -0.1 2.2 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.5 September 1985 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.2 1.4 0.7 December 1985 -0.1 1.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 March 1986 -0.1 -2.3 -0.3 0.1 0.6 0.3 June 1986 -0.4 4.8 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.8 September 1986 0.1 2.6 0.3 0.4 1.4 0.9 December 1986 -0.1 2.7 0.1 0.6 1.1 0.8 March 1987 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.6 June 1987 0.3 5.1 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.1 September 1987 0.3 3.4 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.7 December 1987 0.0 2.8 0.2 0.9 0.9 0.9 March 1988 0.4 -1.0 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.6 June 1988 -0.2 2.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 September 1988 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.7 0.8 1 Part-time male figures are not seasonally adjusted. 2 Unavailable.
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Work force in employment in Great Britain (seasonally adjusted) Workforce in employment Males Females Full-time Part-time1 All Full-time Part-time All Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands December 1979 2 2 47 2 2 182 March 1980 2 2 -3 2 2 128 June 1980 -105 22 -83 -104 126 22 September 1980 2 2 -274 -158 58 -100 December 1980 2 2 -447 -239 5 -233 March 1981 2 2 -572 -244 -42 -286 June 1981 -640 -14 -654 -230 -68 -298 September 1981 2 2 -613 -205 -21 -226 December 1981 2 2 -547 -164 -6 -169 March 1982 2 2 -430 -84 -18 -102 June 1982 -374 27 -347 -60 -18 -78 September 1982 2 2 -308 -89 -32 -120 December 1982 2 2 -291 -59 -78 -138 March 1983 2 2 -294 -92 -52 -144 June 1983 -276 26 -250 -41 9 -33 September 1983 2 2 -66 47 121 168 December 1983 2 2 80 93 238 330 March 1984 7 162 169 139 260 399 June 1984 90 150 240 145 228 372 September 1984 120 66 186 141 153 294 December 1984 155 38 193 111 132 243 March 1985 151 32 183 109 120 229 June 1985 113 41 154 99 127 227 September 1985 71 48 119 78 152 230 December 1985 18 35 53 73 112 185 March 1986 -35 24 -11 41 125 166 June 1986 -83 52 -31 24 152 178 September 1986 -75 71 -3 35 156 191
Workforce in employment Males Females Full-time Part-time1 All Full-time Part-time All Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands December 1986 -75 86 12 63 198 261 March 1987 -19 115 96 76 214 290 June 1987 77 125 203 130 219 349 September 1987 94 138 233 136 202 338 December 1987 111 145 255 152 194 346 March 1988 129 129 258 169 186 356 June 1988 68 93 162 133 141 274 September 1988 62 52 114 158 128 286 1 Part-time male figures are not seasonally adjusted. 2 Unavailable.
Workforce in employment in Great Britain (seasonally adjusted)Percentage change over previous year (Per cent.) Males Females Full-time Part-time1 All Full-time Part-time All December 1979 2 2 0.3 2 2 1.9 March 1980 2 2 0 2 2 1.3 June 1980 -0.7 2.6 -0.6 -1.8 3.2 0.2 September 1980 2 2 -1.8 -2.7 -1.4 -1.0 December 1980 2 2 -3.0 -4.1 0.1 -2.4 March 1981 2 2 -3.8 -4.2 -1.0 -2.9 June 1981 -4.6 -1.6 -4.4 -4.0 -1.5 -3.0 September 1981 2 2 -4.2 -3.6 -0.5 -2.3 December 1981 2 2 -3.8 -2.9 -0.1 -1.8 March 1982 2 2 -3.0 -1.5 -0.4 -1.1 June 1982 -2.8 3.2 -2.4 -1.1 -0.4 -0.8 September 1982 2 2 -2.2 -1.6 -0.8 -1.3 December 1982 2 2 -2.1 -1.1 -1.9 -1.5 March 1983 2 2 -2.1 -1.7 -1.3 -1.5 June 1983 -2.1 3.0 -1.8 -0.8 0.2 -0.3 September 1983 2 2 -0.5 0.9 3.0 1.8 December 1983 2 2 0.6 1.7 6.0 3.5 March 1984 0.1 18.7 1.2 2.6 6.5 4.3 June 1984 0.7 16.7 1.8 2.7 5.7 4.0 September 1984 0.9 6.7 1.4 2.6 3.7 3.1 December 1984 1.2 3.7 1.4 2.0 3.1 2.5 March 1985 1.2 3.1 1.3 2.0 2.8 2.4 June 1985 0.8 3.9 1.1 1.8 3.0 2.3 September 1985 0.6 4.6 0.9 1.4 3.5 2.3 December 1985 0.1 3.2 0.4 1.3 2.6 1.9 March 1986 -0.3 2.3 -0.1 0.7 2.9 1.7 June 1986 -0.6 4.8 -0.2 0.4 3.5 1.8 September 1986 -0.6 6.5 0 0.6 3.5 1.9 December 1986 -0.6 7.8 0.1 1.1 4.4 2.6 March 1987 -0.1 10.6 0.7 1.3 4.8 2.9 June 1987 0.6 11.0 1.4 2.3 4.8 3.4 September 1987 0.7 11.9 1.7 2.4 4.4 3.3 December 1987 0.9 12.1 1.8 2.7 4.2 3.3 Mar-88 1.0 10.7 1.8 3.0 4.0 3.4 Jun-88 0.5 7.4 1.1 2.3 3.0 2.6 September 1988 0.5 4.0 0.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 1 Part-time male figures are not seasonally adjusted. 2 Unavailable.