HL Deb 12 January 1999 vol 596 cc69-70WA
Lord Pearson of Rannoch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the reply given by the Leader of the House on 14 December (H.L. Deb., col. 1138) what is the split between public and private sector jobs for:

  1. (a) the one million new jobs created in the continental European Union in the past year; and
  2. (b) the 250,000 new jobs created in the United Kingdom in the same period. [HL398]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics, who has been asked to reply.

Letter to Lord Pearson of Rannoch from the Director of the Office for National Statistics, Dr. T Holt, dated 12 January 1999.

As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary Question on job creation.

It is only possible to reply to the second part of the Question, in which you asked for the split between public and private sector for new jobs created in the United Kingdom in the past year. The information sought in part (a) of the question is not collected.

The figures at (a) and (b) relate to the 12 months to June 1998. The latest public/private split available (UK only) is for the year to June 1997. Figures for June 1998 will not be available until June 1999.

The latest statistics (UK only) are for the year to June 1997. These show there was a net rise of 501,000 employee jobs in the private sector, and a net fall of 69,000 in the public sector.