HC Deb 21 January 1992 vol 202 c159W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the level of unemployment for each year since 1962.

Mr. Jackson

The information requested is available on the consistent seasonally adjusted basis only from 1971. It can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the Library.

Mr. Callaghan

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the number and percentage of the work force in Heywood and Middleton currently in part-time work.

Mr. Jackson

The lastest available information about employment in parliamentary constituencies is from the September 1989 census of employment and relates to employees in employment only.

At September 1989, there were an estimated 5,200 employees in part-time employment in the Heywood and Middleton constituency. This represented 22 per cent. of all employees in employment in the area at that time.