HC Deb 01 February 2002 vol 379 c611W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many shop employees worked on Christmas day 2001 in England and Wales. [30947]

Alan Johnson

The number of employees working on individual bank holidays can be estimated for the past 12 months from the autumn quarter of the Labour Force Survey. Results for Christmas day 2001 will be available in January 2003 when the autumn 2002 Labour Force Survey results are published.

It is estimated that 13,000 shop employees worked on Christmas day, Monday 25 December 2000. This is 0.8 per cent. of the total number of shop employees in England and Wales.