HC Deb 30 June 1994 vol 245 c668W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the percentage of the total work force working under 20 hours per week for(a) 1984 and (b) 1994; and if he will make a statement.

Miss Widdecombe

Estimates from the labour force survey for Great Britain show that 11.per cent. of employees and self-employed people usually worked fewer than 20 hours per week in their main job in spring 1984, compared with 13.6 per cent. in winter 1993–94.

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