HC Deb 22 April 1996 vol 276 cc7-8W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people (i) in total and (ii) by sex in England by travel-to-work area are currently in(a) temporary employment, (b) part-time employment and (c) temporary and part-time employment. [24878]

Mrs. Angela Knight

Information for travel-to-work areas is not available from the labour force survey. The available information for standard regions for autumn—September to November—1995 is shown in the table.

(a) Temporary employees by standard region
(Thousands—not seasonally adjusted)
All Male Female
England 1, 377 612 765
Northern 95 50 45
Yorkshire and Humberside 133 57 76
East Midlands 106 54 52
East Anglia 67 28 39
Greater London 224 103 120
Rest of South East 324 138 186
South West 131 49 82
West Midlands 133 57 76
North West 163 75 88

(b) Part-time temporary employees by standard region
(Thousands—not seasonally adjusted)
All Male Female
England 5, 426 997 4, 430
Northern 328 59 269
Yorkshire and Humberside 575 91 484
East Midlands 479 73 406
East Anglia 253 45 208
Greater London 651 174 478
Rest of South East 1,283 230 1,053
South West 611 114 497
West Midlands 588 97 491
North West 658 113 545

(c) Part-time temporary employees by standard region
(Thousands—not seasonally adjusted)
All Male Female
England 624 170 455
Northern 37 12 25
Yorkshire and Humberside 56 12 43
East Midlands 50 15 35
East Anglia 34 1 26
Greater London 95 37 58
Rest of South East 150 38 112
South West 70 14 55
West Midlands 64 15 49
North West 69 19 51
1Estimate below 10, 000 not shown.