§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what was the change in the total number of jobs in tourism-related industries in the year to December 1998 in(a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; [95435]
(2) what was the change in the total number of jobs in tourism-related industries in the year to December 1998 in (a) London and (b) the north-west of England. [95926]
§ Janet AndersonThe changes in the number of self-employment and employee jobs in the tourism related industries in the year to December 1998 in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland, (e) London and (f) north-west England are shown in the table.
Region December 1997 December 1998 Change over the year (%) England 1,510,000 1,481,000 -2 Scotland 170,000 171,000 +0.06 Wales 79,000 82,000 +4 Northern Ireland 43,000 44,000 +2 London 276,000 275,000 -0.4 North West 186,000 183,000 -2 Source:
GB: Employee jobs from Annual Employment Survey and Short Term Employment Survey and self employment jobs from Labour Force Survey (ONS)
NI: Employee jobs from Northern Ireland Quarterly Employment Survey and self employment jobs from the NI Labour Force Survey (Northern Ireland Office)
Due to the level of detail required, the self-employment figures are for the winter period of December to February, and therefore do not directly match the reference period for employee jobs (of December).