§ Lord Roberts of Conwyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many jobs were created or safeguarded in the United Kingdom in the year ending 31st March 2002; and [HL4515]
167WAHow many jobs were lost in the United Kingdom in the year ending 31st March 2002. [HL4516]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter to Lord Roberts of Conwy from the executive director of the Office for National Statistics, dated May 2002.
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent questions about how many jobs were created or safeguarded and how many jobs were lost in the United Kingdom in the year ending 31st March 2002. I am replying in his absence. (HL4515, HL4516)
The latest data for workforce jobs relate to December 2001.
UK Workforce Jobs Thousands (seasonally adjusted) December 2000 29411 December 2001 29466 Change between December 2000 and December 2001 55 (0.2 per cent) These estimates are based on the results of regular sample surveys of employers which count the number of employee jobs supplemented by data on self-employment collected by the Labour Force Survey. The data are published in Statbase on the National Statistics website www.statistics.gov.uk./statbase/tsdataset.asp?vlnk = 342 under series identifier DYDC.