§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will estimate how many students work(a) full time and (b) part time in the food service industry; what were the comparable figures for 1988, 1989 and 1990; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlin[holding answer 10 December 1992]: Estimates from the labour force survey (LFS) of the 48W numbers of students (those still at school or in other full-time education) employed part-time in the hotels and catering industry (class 66 of the standard industrial classification) are given in the following table. The numbers of students working full-time in the industry are too small for reliable estimates to be produced from the LFS.
Students working part-time in hotels and catering industry Great Britain Spring each year Thousands 1988 99 1989 102 1990 126 1992 144