§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the annual percentage change in the number of full-time working women since 1979.
§ Mr. LeeBetween September 1979 and September 1988, the latest date for which figures are available, the annual percentage changes in the female full-time work force in employment in Great Britain were as follows:
September of each year Percentage change since preceding year Per cent. 1980 -3 1981 -4 1982 -2 1983 +1 1984 +3 1985 +1 1986 +1 1987 +4 1988 +5 The estimates have been adjusted for the effects of seasonal variations. The work force in employment is the sum of employees in employment, the self employed, Her Majesty's Forces and participants in work-related Government training programmes. In classifying the work force in employment between full and part time, all programme participants are counted as in part-time employment.