§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the number of employees, broken down into full-timers and part-timers who are(a) under 18 years, (b)Ayears and over and (c) 21 years old and over in the following standard industrial
Employees in full or part-time employment by age and industry—Great Britain Spring 1990 (thousands) Full time1 Age Part time1 Age Industry (SIC 1980) 16 or 17 18 or over 21 or over 16 or 17 18 or over 21 or over 0–92 All industries 259 16,905 15,599 350 4,697 4,465 0 Agriculture 3— 194 178 3— 49 46 1–5 Production and construction 101 6,517 6,038 15 528 514 2–4 Manufacturing 73 4,880 4,533 13 419 408 43 Textiles 3— 180 168 3— 23 23 45 Clothing footwear 3— 230 197 3— 42 42 6–9 Services 154 10,194 9,384 331 4,121 3,905 6 Distribution, hotels 72 2,517 2,198 283 1,511 1,343 64/654 Retail distribution 44 1,267 1,089 202 927 823 66 Hotels and catering 12 428 375 75 468 406 661 Restaurants, cafes etc. 3— 110 93 44 111 88 662 Public houses and bars 3— 68 61 13 131 110 663 Night clubs 3— 28 26 3— 49 44 664 Canteens and messes 3— 80 73 3— 101 99 665 Hotel trade 3— 129 109 14 68 60 667 Short stay accommodation 3— 13 12 3— 3— 3— 8 Banking finance and insurance 37 2,074 1,857 3— 375 370 91 Public administration and defence 3— 1,357 1,299 3— 178 175 92 Sanitary services 3— 144 137 3— 91 90 93 Education 3— 1,068 1.055 3— 625 622 95 Health 3— 697 659 3— 516 512 96 Other services 3— 449 428 3— 431 422 97 Recreation 3— 321 291 3— 134 123 98 Personal services 3— 113 84 3— 46 44 1 Based on the respondent's own assessment, not on the number of hours usually worked. 2 Includes those who did not state their industry. 3 Sample size too small for reliable estimates. (Note that any estimates below 10,000 applying to the age group 18–20, obtained by differencing the figures for 21 and over and 18 and over, are not reliable for the same reason). 4 Figures for sub-groups of SIC 64/65 are not available. Source: Labour Force Survey.
§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees have been in employment for each of the last 10 years.
Mr. JacksonThe number of employees in employment in the United Kingdoms for each of the last 10 years were as follows:
Seasonally adjusted Thousands June 1981 21,870 June 1982 21,395 June 1983 21,054 June 1984 21,229 June 1985 21,414 June 1986 21,379 June 1987 21,586 June 1988 22,266 June 1989 22,670 June 1990 22,864 1June 1991 22,201 1 Latest available estimate.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will indicate the unemployment rates for September 1991 and September 1979 using(a) the statistical methodology in operation in 1979, and (b) the current statistical methodology; and if he will make a statement.
392Wclassifications (i) zero to nine, (ii) one to five, (iii) two to four, (iv) six to nine, (v) zero, (vi) 43, (vii) 45, (viii) six, (ix) 64 and 65 and their subgroups, (x) 66 and its subgroups, (xi) eight, (xii) 91, (xiii) 92, (xiv) 93, (xv) 95, (xvi) 96, (xvii) 97 and (xviii) 98, respectively.
Mr. JacksonPrior to 1982, seasonally adjusted unemployment was compiled on the basis of a count of registrants at jobcentres, excluding school leavers, and expressed as a percentage of employees in employment plus the unemployed. Using this methodology, seasonally adjusted unemployment in the United Kingdom stood at 5.2 per cent. in September 1979. No comparable estimate is available of what the corresponding rate of unemployment would have been in September 1991 using the same basis. However, the United Kingdom's seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment, based on the current claimant count and expressed as a percentage of the workforce (the sum of unemployed claimants, employees in employment, self-employed, Her Majesty's forces and participants on work-related government training schemes) was 8.7 per cent. in September 1991 compared with 3.9 per cent. in September 1979.
§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the change in male full-time employment since 1983 to the latest available date.
Mr. JacksonThere were 12,881,000 males in full-time employment in Great Britain in June 1991, the latest date for which information is available. This compares with 12,740,000 males in full-time employment in June 1983, an increase of 141,000 or 1.1 per cent.
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§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the unemployment figures for Nottingham, North for each of the months since March 1979.
Mr. JacksonThe information requested, for the Nottingham, North parliamentary constituency, can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the Library and is available from June 1983.
§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the most recent figures on the percentages of people on the unemployment register who have been unemployed for over one year by the standard regional classifications within the United Kingdom.