asked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the total number of women workers are employed part-time.

In September 1981, the latest date for which figures are currently available, about 40 per cent. of all female employees in employment in Great Britain were in part-time jobs—that is, normally working for not more than 30 hours a week.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the latest rate of women's unemployment in Yorkshire, Humberside, the North-West, the West Midlands and the East Midlands.

The following table gives the provisional unemployment rates for females at 11 March for the areas specified.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the total number of unemployed women have been without a job for more than one year.

At 14 January, the latest date for which an analysis by duration of unemployment is available, 21·7 per cent. of all registered unemployed females in the United Kingdom had been unemployed for over 52 weeks.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of women workers are employed in the public sector.

At mid-1980, the latest date for which figures are currently available, about 36 per cent. of all female employees in employment in the United Kingdom were employed in the public sector—that is, employed by central Government, local authorities or public corporations.