HC Deb 14 July 1993 vol 228 cc543-4W
Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are employed in the media sector in the United Kingdom.

Miss Widdecombe

The latest available estimates from the Labour Force Survey of employment in the media industries in the United Kingdom are as follows:

Numbers
Printing and publishing of newspapers 89,000
Printing and publishing of periodicals 29,000
Radio and TV services, theatres etc. 97,000

Outcome of HSE inspections under the ELCI for 1988 to 1992.
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
A: Prosecutions
Number of prosecutions for non-compliance 6 7 17 8 5

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Mr. J. Turner to Mr. Peter Pike, dated 14 July 1993: As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, it is the responsibility of Mike Fogden, the Agency's Chief Executive to answer Parliamentary Questions about relevant operational matters. In his absence, I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State about vacancies notified in the North West. The total number of vacancies notified to Jobcentres is collated monthly. Detailed full time, part time and temporary vacancy information is available on a quarterly basis. The table attached shows the information you requested for the past three quarters. I this is helpful. As decided by the Administration Committee of the House of Commons, Chief Executive replies to written Parliamentary Questions will now be published in the Official Report. I will also place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.

These figures are based on the estimates for Great Britain in winter (December to February) 1992–93 and those for Northern Ireland in spring (March to May) 1992.