§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures for the growth of part-time employment in(a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
§ Mr. LeeInformation on part-time employment for sub-national areas is available only in respect of female employees in employment and participants on work-related Government training programmes (who are counted as in part-time employment). Estimates are not available for male employees in employment, nor for the self-employed. The information available on the growth in part-time employment between March 1988 and March 1989—the latest date for which figures are available—is as follows:
Changes between March 1988 and March 1989 Female part-time employees in employment All work-related Government training programmes Changes thousand Per cent. Changes thousand Per cent. England 99 2.7 77 28.4 Scotland 5 1.4 17 42.0 Wales 4 2.2 10 49.5