§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give from Labour force survey evidence by region, including Greater London, and for Great Britain, by male, female, full and part-time, and 1980 SIC division the number of self-employed people in June of 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989.
§ Mr. NichollsEstimates from labour force surveys as requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give, from the 1989 labour force survey by region, including Greater London and by male and female, the number of people not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, but who stated that they would like a job if one was available, and were not free to start work within two weeks;
(2) if he will give, from the 1989 labour force survey by region, including Greater London and by male and female, the number of people not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for a job in the four weeks prior to interview, but who stated that they would like a job if one was available, and were available to start work within two weeks.
§ Mr. NichollsPreliminary results from the 1989 labour force survey, as requested, are shown in the following table:
156WThe categories "manufacturing" and "public sector" are not mutually exclusive groupings and the data for them are thus not directly comparable. Similarly, because the categories "production industries" and "public sector" are not mutually exclusive, comparable figures for the whole economy excluding them are not readily available and would involve disproportionate cost to compile.
Estimates of the numbers in employment are not available for the categories requested except for manual/non-manual employees in employment in manufacturing; the latest available estimates, for September 1989, are published in table 1.10 of the December 1989 Employment Gazette.
Persons not in employment and not unemployed on ILO definition who had not looked for work in four weeks prior to interview1 but would like a job, by availability to start work Spring 1989, Thousands Not available to start within two weeks2 Available to start within two weeks Males Female Male Female Great Britain 340 663 360 727 Northern 26 41 26 52 Yorkshire and Humberside 35 50 32 68 East Midlands 21 43 21 45 East Anglia 3— 17 10 18 South East of which 83 201 95 188 Greater London 40 98 43 87 South West 22 47 24 51 West Midlands 35 74 36 81 North West 52 91 56 96 Wales 28 41 24 40 Scotland 30 59 37 88 1 Includes those who did not state whether they had looked for work. 2 Includes those who did not state whether they were available to start work. 3 Sample size too small for a reliable estimate. Source: 1989 Labour Force Survey Preliminary Results.