HC Deb 10 February 1993 vol 218 c685W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list the numbers of people who have been employed in temporary employment in each year since 1979.

Mr. McLoughlin

Available information based on estimates from the labour force survey is given in the following table.

People employed in temporary employment Great Britain
Spring Numbers (thousands)
1983 1,345
1984 1,497
1985 1,403
1986 1,439
1987 1,547
1988 1,529
1989 1,465
1990 1,442
1991 1,450
1992 1,185