§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people employed(a) legally and (b) illegally in domestic service in each of the last five years. [7214]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Graham Brady, dated October 2001:
844WAs National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question concerning legal and illegal employment in domestic services. (7214)The Labour Force Survey (LFS) provides estimates of the total number of people who report themselves in the survey as being employed in domestic service. Figures for each of the last five years are shown in the table.The LFS does not collect information on whether people are employed legally or illegally.
All persons employed in domestic service1 United Kingdom March-May 1997 to March-May 2001 not seasonally adjusted Year Thousand 1997 159 1998 145 1999 138 2000 134 2001 115 1People employed in Standard Industrial Classification (1992) division P: Private households with employed person Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey