§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the total number of hours worked per week by the working population in October this year and in October 1989, October 1979 and October 1973.
§ Mr. OppenheimLatest estimates from the labour force survey show that in Great Britain in summer 1994 employees and self-employed worked an average of 813 million hours per week, seasonally adjusted. The available figures for earlier years refer to the spring each year: 885 million hours per week in 1989 and 867 million hours per week in 1979, not seasonally adjusted. No comparable information is available for 1973.