§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees were on fixed-term contracts in each year since 1988 in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) in each standard region; and if she will express the national figure as a percentage of all employees.
§ Mr. McLoughlinAvailable information for the United Kingdom and regions based on estimates from the spring —March to May—1992 labour force survey, are given in the following table. Comparable estimates for previous years are not available.
Employees on fixed term contracts, by region spring 1992 (not seasonally adjusted) Number (000 's) Per cent, of all employees United Kingdom1 581 2.7 Northern 43 3.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 44 2.3 East Midlands 32 1.9 East Anglia 20 2.4 South East 178 2.6 Greater London 69 2.8 Rest of South East 109 2.5 South West 43 2.5 West Midlands 32 1.6 North West 62 2.6 Wales 33 3.3 Scotland 84 4.2 Northern Ireland 10 2.1 1 Excludes a small number who did not respond to the relevant LFS question. Source: Labour Force Survey.