Annual Paid Leave

HC Deb 28 November 1996 vol 286 cc392-3W

Ms Quin

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employees were entitled to(a) three weeks and (b) four weeks annual paid leave for each year since 1979. [4689]

Mrs. Angela Knight

[holding answer 25 November 1996:] The 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 28 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 on the number of employees entitled to three and four weeks of annual paid leave for each year since 1979. The information available from the Labour Force Survey is shown in the table below.

Employees1paid holiday entitlement (Great Britain)
	All employees (thousands)	Of which those entitled to at least 3 weeks paid holiday	Of which those entitled to at least 4 weeks paid holiday
Autumn 1993	21,441	17,899	16,165
Autumn 1994	21,632	17,943	16,241
Autumn 1995	21,977	18,143	16,424
1Data only available since 1993 and only for autumn quarters.

Number of weeks paid holiday excluding Public/Bank holidays.

Source:

Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics.