§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the number of work days lost, in each of the work categories used by his Department, since May 1979, as a result of(a) the closure or restructuring of firms, (b) the withdrawal of local authority services, (c) the reduction in the size of Government Departments and the armed services and (d) changes in the scope of charitable employment. [11725]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightThe information is not available in the form requested. The available information closest to that requested is for the net change in jobs for the whole economy in the United Kingdom. There was a net increase of 141,000 jobs between September 1979 and September 1995.
Information providing estimates of employment in the public sector for 1979 to 1994 is published in the January 1995 edition of Economic Trends. A copy of the publication is available in the Library.