§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will(a) state the number of people in employment in Wales for each quarter of 1979 and for the latest available date and sub-divided for males and females in employment and (b) provide an estimate of the extent of double-counting in (a).
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe information requested is shown in the table:
Civilian workforce in employment1 (thousands) Male Female Total 1979 March 711 429 1,140 June 716 441 1,157 September 720 440 1,160 December 712 443 1,155 1989 September 692 521 1,213 1 Defined as employees in employment, the self-employed and, from 1983 onwards, participants on work-related government training schemes. Labour force survey estimates of the number of people in employment and with a second job for Wales, which are 271W subject to large sampling errors, suggest that in 1979 there were about 17,000 such persons. The corresponding estimate for 1989 was 45,000.