§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were in temporary employment at the latest available date; and what is the proportion of those in temporary employment as a percentage of the total number registered for employment for England as a whole and for each standard region within England.
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§ Miss WiddecombeLatest estiamtes from the summer 1993 labour force survey of the number and proportion of employees in temporary employment for standard regions within England are given in the table:
Standard region Employees in temporary employment (thousands) Proportion of employees in temporary employment (percentage) South East 477 7.0 Greater London 196 7.8 East Anglia 67 8.0 South West 107 6.0 West Midlands 117 5.9 East Midlands 101 6.2 Yorkshire and Humberside 128 6.7 North West 145 6.2 North 83 7.4 England 1,224 6.6