§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give the total number of employees in(a) manufacturing, (b) services and (c) all industries and services in Great Britain and each of the standard regions in (i) June 1979 and (ii) June 1989; and what was the figure between the two years in (1) numbers and (2) percentage;
(2) what was the number of employees in employment in Great Britain in each of the standard regions in (a) June 1979 and (b) June 1989; and what is the difference between the two years in (i) numbers and (ii) percentage;
(3) what was the number of people in employment excluding Her Majesty's forces in Great Britain and each of the standard regions in (a) June 1989 and (b) June 1979; and what was the change in (i) numbers and (ii) as a percentage;
(4) what was the total number of (a) male and (b) female employees in employment, self-employment, Her Majesty's forces and work-related Government training in Great Britain and each of the standard regions in (i) June 1979 and (ii) June 1989; (or work related training June 1983); and what are the differences between the two years in (1) numbers and (2) percentage;
(5) what was the total number of part-time and full-time employees in employment and self-employment in Great Britain and each of the standard regions in (a) June 1979 and (b) June 1989; and what was the difference between the two years in (i) numbers and (ii) percentage;
(6) what was the total number of people in work-related Government training in Great Britain and each of the standard regions in (a) June 1983 and (b) June 1989; and what were the differences between the two years in (i) numbers and (ii) percentage;
(7) what was the total number of self-employed in Great Britain and each of the standard regions in (a) June 1979 and (b) June 1989; and what was the difference between the two years in (i) numbers and (ii) percentage;
(8) what was the total work force in employment in (a) June 1979 and (b) June 1989; and what is the change between the two years in (i) numbers and (ii) percentage;
(9) what is his estimate of the numbers of self-employed in (a) manufacturing industries, (b) services and (c) all industries and services for Great Britain and each standard region in (i) June 1979 and (ii) June 1989.
§ Mr. NichollsThe hon. Member has asked a number of related questions. As the answers involve a considerable number of statistical tables, I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total number of YTS trainees or youth equivalent included in the employees in employment in Great Britain and for each standard region 65W in (a) June 1979 and (b) June 1989; and what is the change between the years in (i) numbers and (ii) percentage.
§ Mr. NichollsThe employees in employment figures include only those trainees who have contracts of employment. The table gives the number of such trainees on YTS in each region in June 1989. None of the trainees on the youth opportunities programme in 1979 had contracts of employment, and therefore comparisons between 1979 and 1989 either in real terms or percentage terms is not possible.
Number of trainees with contracts of employment Region Number Scotland 8,000 Northern 5,000 North West 15,000 Yorkshire and Humberside 12,000 Midlands 10,000 Wales 4,000 South West 7,000
All persons in employment1 with a second job as employee, by region spring estimates, thousands and per cent. Estimated Change 1979 21989 1979 21989 Region Thousands Thousands Thousands 3Per cent.] Great Britain 289 708 419 144.8 Northern 12 38 26 205.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 25 57 32 128.8 East Midlands 28 53 26 92.6 East Anglia 12 30 18 147.0 South East of Which 90 222 132 146.7 -Greater London 37 68 32 86.5 South West 25 70 44 174.6 West Midlands 23 75 52 224.7 North West 36 76 39 109.1 Wales 11 31 20 171.1 Scotland 26 56 30 115.9 1 Includes employees, the self-employed and persons in government employment and training programmes. In 1979 it was not possible to separately identify persons on government programmes and only those who stated they were in employment in the week before interview are included in the above totals. 2 Preliminary estimates (1989 only) 3 Calculated using unrounded estimates. Source: labour force surveys.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total numbers of jobs which would be discounted if all full-time equivalence factors used by the European Community were applied to part-time jobs in(a) June 1979 and (b) June 1989.
§ Mr. NichollsWe do not believe in discounting part-time jobs. Furthermore, the apparent method of calculating full-time equivalents set out in the European Commission report "Employment in Europe" is an inappropriate measure of labour input.
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Unemployment rates by highest qualifications held2 for people of working age, by sex and region: spring 1979 and 1989 Persons aged 16-59/643 Per cent. Region of residence Spring 1979 Spring 19894 Level of highest qualification helds5 All Persons Males Females All Persons Males Females Great Britain All6 5.6 4.9 6.7 7.4 7.5 7.2 GCE A level or equivalent or higher 2.9 2.4 4.3 4.6 4.3 5.1 Other qualification 5.1 4.4 5.6 7.2 7.1 7.3 No formal qualification 7.0 6.9 7.2 11.6 13.7 9.1 Northern All6 8.7 9.0 8.3 11.5 13.1 9.4
Region Number South East 15,000 London 7,000 East Midlands and Eastern 13,000 Great Britain Total 96,000
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of those with a second job as an employee in Great Britain and each of the standard regions in(a) June 1979 and (b) June 1989; and what is the difference between the two years in (i) numbers and (ii) percentage.
§ Mr. NichollsEstimates of persons with a second job are available only from labour force surveys, conducted in the spring of each year.
Estimates from the 1979 and 1989 labour force surveys, as requested, are shown in the table:
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the unemployment rate by highest qualification and sex for Great Britain and each standard region for(a) spring 1979 and (b) spring 1989.
§ Mr. NichollsFinal estimates from the 1979 labour force survey and preliminary estimates from the 1989 labour force survey are shown in the following table.
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Region of residence Spring 1979 Spring 19894 Level of highest qualification held5 All Persons Males Females All Persons Males Females GCE A level or equivalent or higher 4.7 4.8 1 6.9 7.9 1 Other qualification 7.1 1 7.5 12.2 13.7 10.9 No formal qualification 11.3 13.6 8.6 16.7 22.0 11.5 Yorkshire and Humberside All6 6.0 5.1 7.6 8.7 9.4 7.7 GCE A level or equivalent or higher 2.8 2.6 1 4.6 4.5 4.9 Other qualification 5.1 1 6.0 8.8 9.1 8.5 No formal qualifications 7.4 6.9 8.0 14.1 18.7 9.0 East Anglia All6 4.8 3.8 6.4 6.8 6.8 6.9 GCE A level or equivalent or higher 2.5 1 1 4.1 3.3 6.2 Other qualification 5.4 1 6.3 6.6 6.5 6.6 No formal qualification 5.3 4.8 6.0 10.4 13.0 7.6 South East A116 4.5 3.5 6.1 4.2 3.5 5.2 GCE A level or equivalent or higher 1 1 1 2.6 1 1 Other qualification 5.9 1 1 3.7 1 1 No formal qualification 4.7 1 1 7.0 7.3 1 —Greater London All6 4.1 3.0 5.8 4.0 3.5 4.8 GCE A level or equivalent or higher 2.3 1.5 4.8 2.5 1.9 3.7 Other qualification 3.8 2.9 4.6 4.5 3.7 5.2 No formal qualification 4.6 3.6 5.8 6.1 6.8 5.4 —South East (exc. Greater London) All6 4.1 3.3 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.7 GCE A level or equivalent or higher 2.3 1.8 3.7 3.4 3.0 4.3 Other qualification 3.8 3.1 4.5 5.3 4.6 5.8 No formal qualification 4.9 4.2 5.8 8.6 9.6 7.3 South West All6 4.1 3.7 4.7 7.3 7.4 7.1 GCE A level or equivalent or higher 2.3 2.3 1 4.9 4.8 5.1 Other qualification 3.9 3.4 4.3 6.6 6.3 6.8 No formal qualification 5.3 4.9 5.7 12.5 13.7 10.8 West Midlands All6 5.3 4.7 6.2 5.3 5.3 5.4 GCE A level or equivalent or higher 2.7 2.1 1 3.7 3.3 4.7 Other qualification 5.0 5.7 4.4 5.4 4.5 6.1 No formal qualification 6.1 5.7 6.7 7.7 10.0 5.0 North West All6 5.2 4.7 5.9 7.7 7.1 8.5 GCE A level or equivalent or higher 2.2 1 1 4.5 3.6 6.6 Other qualification 4.6 1 5.0 8.1 7.9 8.3 No formal qualification 6.1 6.0 6.2 10.7 11.2 10.1 Wales All6 6.9 6.3 7.7 9.9 10.5 9.1 GCE A level or equivalent or higher 3.1 2.8 1 6.0 6.1 5.9 Other qualification 5.4 4.7 6.0 9.7 10.7 8.9 No formal qualification 8.9 9.8 8.0 15.6 18.5 12.3 Scotland All6 7.1 6.1 8.8 9.8 10.1 9.3 GCE A level or equivalent or higher 3.6 1 1 6.9 7.2 6.2 Other qualification 6.2 1 7.6 8.0 7.5 8.4 No formal qualification 9.4 8.9 10.0 14.8 16.2 12.9 Source: LFS estimates.
1 Less than 10,000 in cell: estimates not shown.
2 Based on the Great Britain labour force definition of unemployment (which broadly uses a one-week job search period). The unemployment rate for each qualification level/sex/region category is calculated as the numbers unemployed in the category as a proportion of all economically active persons in the category.
3 The upper age limit is 64 for males and 59 for females.
4 Preliminary estimates (1989 only).
5 A finer breakdown of qualification levels is not given, as many more of the table entries would then be based on small samples and would not be shown.
6 Includes persons not stating their highest qualification held, and for 1979 only, all persons in full time education and all males aged 60 to 64 (who were not asked about their highest qualification levels).