HC Deb 01 December 1994 vol 250 cc864-5W
Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 24 November, Official Report, column 266, if he will provide a regional breakdown of the spring 1994 labour force survey figure to identify separately the numbers of employed and self-employed people in part-time work who could not find full-time work, by percentage, gender and age.

Part-time employees who could not find a full-time job by region and gender—Spring 1994 (not seasonally adjusted)
Region of residence Thousands As a percentage of all part-time employees
All Persons Men Women All Persons Men Women
Great Britain 706 194 512 13 26 11
England 590 167 423 13 26 10
South East 201 57 144 13 23 11
—Greater London 83 26 57 16 28 14
—ROSE 118 31 87 11 21 9
East Anglia 31 1— 21 14 1— 11
South West 67 20 47 13 26 11
West Midlands 66 18 47 13 29 10
East Midlands 41 12 29 10 25 8
Yorks and Humberside 62 17 45 12 25 10
North West 77 23 54 13 28 10
North 45 11 34 15 27 13
Wales 43 11 32 17 42 14
Scotland 73 15 57 16 29 14
1 Estimates below 10,000 and so not shown.

Part-time employees who could not find a full-time job by gender and age—Spring 1994 (not seasonally adjusted)
Thousands As a percentage of all part-time employees
All persons Men Women All persons Men Women
Great Britain
All 16+ 706 194 512 13 26 11
16–19 57 17 41 10 6 13
20–24 106 40 66 29 37 2.6
25–34 154 45 109 14 60 10
35–49 223 41 182 12 54 10
50–59/64 140 47 93 14 37 11
60/65+ 26 1— 21 6 1— 7
Note:
1 Estimates below 10,000 and so not shown.

Source:

Labour force survey.