§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 24 November,Official Report, column 266, if he will provide a breakdown by region and gender of (a) the 587,000 employees in temporary jobs because they could not find permanent employment and (b) the total number of employees in temporary jobs.
§ Mr. OppenheimThe following tables give the information available from the spring 1994 labour force survey:
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(a) Employees in temporary jobs because they could not find full-time work by sex and region of residence Spring 1994 (not seasonally adjusted) Thousands Sex Region of residence All persons Men Women Great Britain 587 303 284 North 41 26 15
§ Mr. OppenheimThe following tables give the information available from the spring 1994 labour force survey. The same size used in the survey is not large enough to provide reliable estimates for self-employed people, nor for an age analysis by region.
(a) Employees in temporary jobs because they could not find full-time work by sex and region of residence Spring 1994 (not easonally adjusted) Thousands Sex Region of residence All persons Men Women Yorkshire and Humberside 54 31 22 East Midlands 33 16 17 East Anglia 25 13 11 South East 191 94 96 —Greater London 77 34 43 —Rest of South East 113 60 53 South West West Midlands 42 18 24 North West 63 33 30 Wales 32 17 15 Scotland 63 32 31 Source:
Labour force survey.
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(b) Employees in temporary jobs by sex and region of residence Spring 1994 (not seasonally adjusted) Thousands Sex Region of residence All persons Men Women Great Britain 1,373 607 765 North 84 43 42 Yorkshire and Humberside 118 56 62 East Midlands 90 35 55 East Anglia 56 23 33 South East 480 205 275 —Greater London 184 79 105 —Rest of South East 296 126 170 South West 101 42 59 West Midlands 112 48 65 North West 140 67 73 Wales 66 28 38 Scotland 125 62 63 Source:
Labour force survey.