§ Ms QuinTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of employees working more than 48 hours per week in each year since 1979. [2067]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Joyce Quin, dated 12 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question asking for a time series of the number of employees working more than 48 hours per week.The available information is shown in the table below.
Employees usually working more than 48 hours per week1 Great Britain: spring of each year2 (thousands) Number 1984 2,740 1985 2,763 1986 2,968 1987 3,126 1988 3,512 1989 3,598 1990 3,606 1991 3,414 1992 3,263 1993 3,360 1994 3,518 1995 3,690 1996 3,793 Notes:
1Total usual hours per week including paid and unpaid overtime and excluding meal breaks.
2Data for 1979 to 1983 either not available or not consistent with later years.
Source:
Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics.