§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportion of people currently employed on temporary contracts in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) France, (c) Spain and (d) Italy; and to what extent this has changed since (i) 1987 and (ii) 1992. [10891]
§ Mrs. Liddell[holding answer 28 July 1997]: 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 Mr. Christopher Fraser, dated 29 July 1997:
138WThe Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the proportion of people currently employed on temporary contracts in the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Italy.Numbers of temporary employees and all employees are published in the Eurostat publication Labour Force Survey Results which is available in the House of Commons Library. The most recent edition is for 1995. The proportions for spring of each of the years 1987, 1992 and 1995 are shown in the table below. The latest figure for the United Kingdom, for winter 1996/7, is also shown.
Heading employees as a proportion of all employees (per cent.) United Kingdom France Spain Italy Spring 1987 6.2 7.1 15.6 5.4 Spring 1992 5.4 10.4 33.5 7.6 Spring 1995 6.8 12.2 35.0 7.2 Winter 1996–97 7.4 — — —