asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of additional jobs for (a) employees and (b) self-employed that were created in (i) Scotland, (ii) England and (iii) Wales in the calendar years 1983 and 1984; and if he will publish similar tables for the number of part-time and full-time jobs created; and for men and women, respectively.
[pursuant to his reply,20 May 1985, c.299]: Information about job gains and job losses in not available from the Department's statistics, but an indication of the net changes can be seen by comparing levels of employees in employment and the self-employed at different dates. The following table gives the available at different dates. The following table gives the available information showing changes between December each year. Analyses of full-time and part-time jobs are only available for female employees in employment. The self employment figures are derived from the labour force survey which has only a small sample in Scotland and Wales.
| Annual changes at December each year in: | Scotland | England | Wales |
| Employees in employment | |||
| All Males | |||
| 1982–83 | -21,000 | -101,000 | -8,000 |
| 1983–84 | -3,000 | -51,000 | -8,000 |
| All Females | |||
| 1982–83 | + 15,000 | + 141,000 | + 10,000 |
| 1983–84 | + 19,000 | + 177,000 | + 6,000 |
| Part-time Females |
| Title of Report or Subject Matter | Date Established | Chairman | Date Committee Reported |
| A report of an enquiry into maternal deaths in Northern Ireland 1968–77 | The Confidential Enquiry into maternal deaths in Northern Ireland was established in 1956. This, the 4th Report in the series, was undertaken by Mr. Gavin Boyd and Mr. James Moore and was published in 1982 | ||
| Report of the Committee on Legal Education in Northern Ireland | 28 February 1972 | Professor A. L. Armitage | July 1973 |
| Report and Recommendations of the Working Party on Discrimination in the Private Sector of Employment | 3 August 1972 | Mr. William Van Straubenzee MP | 23 May 1973 |
| Report of the Committee on County Courts and Magistrates' Courts in Northern Ireland | October 1972 | Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Jones | 28 November 1973 |
| Report of the Commission to consider legal procedures to deal with terrorist activities in Northern Ireland | 18 October 1972 | Lord Diplock | December 1972 |
| Report of Committee on Rent Restriction Law of Northern Ireland | 16 May 1973 | Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Porter QC | 3 April 1975 |
| Report of the Law Enforcement Commission. To the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Minister of Justice of Ireland | 21 December 1973 | None | 25 April 1974 |
| Working Party for Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Office). The Handling of complaints against the police: report | January 1974 | Sir Harold Black | December 1975 |
| Report of a Committee to consider, in the context of civil liberties and human rights, measures to deal with terrorism in Northern Ireland | 1974 (1st meeting in June | Rt. Hon. Lord Gardiner | January 1975 |
| Joint Working Party on Community, Sporting and Recreational Provision by District Councils | 8 January 1975 | Mr. A. C. Brooke | July 1975 |
| Proposed Acquisition of land at Maghaberry, Co. Antrim | 31 January 1975 | The Hon. Mr. Justice Murray | August 1975 |
| Regional Rate: Report of the Working Party | October 1975 | Mr. K. Darwin | 1979 |
Annual changes at December each year in:
| Scotland
| England
| Wales
|
| 1982–83 | +22,000 | +192,000 | +8,000 |
| 1983–84 | +19,000 | +159,000 | +8,000 |
Total
| |||
| 1982–83 | -7,000 | +42,000 | +3,000 |
| 1983–84 | +17,000 | +123,000 | -3,000 |
Self-employed persons (with or without employees)
| |||
Males
| |||
| 1982–83 | +7,000 | +85,000 | +9,000 |
| 1983–84 | +7,000 | +113,000 | +12,000 |
Females
| |||
| 1982–83 | +3,000 | +55,000 | +4,000 |
| 1983–84 | +1,000 | +61,000 | +5,000 |
Total
| |||
| 1982–83 | + 10,000 | + 140,000 | + 13,000 |
| 1983–84 | +8,000 | +174,000 | +17,000 |