§ Lord Pearson of Rannochasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many British jobs depend on British exports of goods and commercial services to the other 14 European Union countries; and how many jobs in those 14 European Union countries depend on export of goods and commercial services to the United Kingdom; and [HL175]
How many British jobs depend on British exports of goods and commercial services worldwide. [HL176]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyIt is estimated that up to 3.5 million jobs in the UK are linked to the exports of goods and services to the EU from the UK and, on the same basis, that around 6 million jobs in the UK are linked to the exports of goods and services worldwide, including to the EU.
Given that the number of jobs in the rest of the EU linked to exports to the UK will be dependent on a number of factors which will vary between countries, it is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the number of jobs in the EU linked to exports to the UK.
§ Lord Pearson of Rannochasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 11 November (WA 229), how many more people, according to the European Commission's 1996 review of the impact and effectiveness of the single market, were employed in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) in the rest of the 11WA European Union because of the existence of the single market that would have been employed in its absence. [HL174]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe Commission's 1996 review of the impact and effectiveness of the single market noted that up to 900,000 jobs had been created across the EU as a result of the European single market.