§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many women and men of the employed labour force have a length of service in employment of(a) less than two years and (b) less than five years; and what number and proportion of those employed for less than five years are part-time workers working (i) less than eight hours, (ii) less than 12 hours, (iii) less than 16 hours and (iv) less than 20 hours a week, giving the most recently available figures.
§ Mr. NichollsEstimates from the 1988 labour force survey, as requested, are shown in the table.
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Employees and self-employed, by length of time continuously employed by current employer or continuously self-employed by basic usual hours2 worked per week, by sex—Great Britain, Spring 1988 Thousands and per cent. Employees Self-employed Men Women Men Women Length of employment/hours worked per week 000's Per cent. 000's Per cent. 000's Per cent. 000's Per cent. Less than 2 years 3,261 — 3,641 — 574 — 259 — At least 2 but less than 5 years 2,167 — 2,182 — 472 — 177 — Total less than 5 years of which 5,428 100 5,823 100 1,046 100 436 100 Work less than 8 hours 117 2.2 395 6.8 12 1.2 58 13.4 At least 8 but less than 12 hours 99 1.8 461 7.9 1 1 33 7.5 At least 12 but less than 16 hours 79 1.5 564 9.7 10 0.9 34 7.9 At least 16 but less than 20 hours 44 0.8 365 6.3 1 1 19 4.3 1 Sample size too small for reliable estimate. 2 Paid hours usually worked each week, excluding paid and unpaid overtime and meal-breaks. Source: 1988 Labour Force Survey.
§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the rate of unemployment in each member state of the European Community at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 2 March 1990]: The information requested is available from the Library in the following publications: "Main Economic Indicators", published by OECD; and "Unemployment in the Community", published by Eurostat.