HC Deb 29 January 1997 vol 289 cc256-7W
20. Mr. Ian Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate she has made of the proportion of people employed on temporary contracts in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) France and (c) Spain in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1996. [11747]

Mr. Forth

This information is not available for 1979. According to the latest available Eurostat figures, in 1995 less than 7 per cent. of the UK employees were on temporary contracts, compared with over 12 per cent. in France and 35 per cent. in Spain.