§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the number of jobs being lost in the UK from companies out-sourcing work overseas. [140025]
§ Ms HewittI refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Trade and Investment on 23 October 2003,Official Report, column 667W.
§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many jobs have been out-sourced abroad in the last three years; and what estimate her Department has made of the likely numbers in the next five years. [140026]
§ Ms HewittThe Government does not have statistics on the numbers of jobs outsourced abroad in the last three years. Importantly, estimates of jobs outsourced abroad take no account of the inflows of jobs created through the UK's success in international markets.