§ Lord Pearson of Rannochasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many United Kingdom jobs exist in activities giving rise to credits of "income" on the current account of the United Kingdom balance of payments; and what is the split of those jobs between income arising in the European Union and income arising in the rest of the world. [HL936]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe Chancellor of the Exchequer has stated that 3 million jobs in the United Kingdom are linked to trade with the European Union. The underlying data needed to calculate an equivalent estimate of the number of jobs linked to credits of income are not readily available. However, any such estimate would depend, among other things, upon how labour intensive such activities are.