Agricultural Wages Board

HC Deb 28 March 1995 vol 257 cc617-8W

Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of employees in employment covered by the Agricultural Wages Board, using micro data from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, for all quarters from spring 1992 to the last quarter. [16104]

Mr. Oppenheim

[holding answer 27 March 1995]: All employees in agriculture and horticulture are covered by the Agricultural Wages Board. The table gives information from the Labour Force Survey for the number of employees in agriculture for all quarters from spring 1992.

Number of employees in agriculture and horticulture in the United Kingdom between spring 1992 and autumn 1994, Great Britain— not seasonally adjusted
	Thousands
SIC 80
Spring 1992	216
Summer 1992	211
Autumn 1992	210
Winter 1992–93	184
Spring 1993	196
Summer 1993	212
Autumn 1993	216

Number of employees in agriculture and horticulture in the United Kingdom between spring 1992 and autumn 1994, Great Britain— not seasonally adjusted
	Thousands
SIC 92
Winter 1993–94	195
Spring 1994	199
Summer 1994	213
Autumn 1994	196

Note:

The figures above the line are not strictly comparable with those below the line following the change in the standard industrial classification in winter 1993–94.