HC Deb 25 January 1996 vol 270 c312W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of(a) manual part-time workers and (b) non-manual part-time workers, broken down into men and women, work less than (i) eight hours a week and (ii) 16 hours a week. [10862]

Mrs. Angela Knight

Estimates from the labour force survey are shown in the table following.

Part-time manual and non-manual workers by the total number of hours they usually work Great Britain, summer 1995 (not seasonally adjusted)
Working less than 8 hours a week Working less than 16 hours a week
Thousands Per cent. Thousands Per cent.
Men
Manual part-time 87 16 238 45
Non-Manual part-time 93 17 264 48
Women
Manual part-time 303 15 944 47
Non-Manual part-time 330 11 1,075 35