§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 11 March,Official Report, column 433, concerning rewards for productivity, whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the estimated number of hours worked in the whole economy and in manufacturing each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythEstimates from the labour force survey—LFS—of the total number of hours worked are available since 1984 and are shown in the following table:
Total hours worked by employees and self-employed Great Britain Not seasonally adjusted Millions Quarter Total hours worked in manufacturing Total hours in whole economy Spring 1984 227 845 Spring 1985 231 863 Spring 1986 232 870 Spring 1987 223 882 Spring 1988 237 925 Spring 1989 234 951 Spring 1990 234 959 Spring 1991 222 939 Spring 1992 190 816 Spring 1993 189 815 Autumn 1993 188 829 Source: Labour Force Survey.
Note:
Methodological improvements to the LFS introduced in 1992 mean that estimates of hours worked from 1992 onwards are of better quality than figures for earlier years.