§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were in(a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in each constituency in Scotland (i) in May 1997 and (ii) at the most recent available date. [58340]
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§ Ms HewittThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Tony Worthington, dated 10 November 1998:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on full-time and part-time employment in each constituency in Scotland.The statistics you request are derived from the ONS Annual Employment Survey (AES). However, the latest results are for September 1996, and before then at September 1995. This information can be obtained from the Nomis database which is accessible by the House of Commons Library.The figures for September 1997 are planned to be available from NOMIS from May 1999.