asked the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has as to the change in the number of people in employment in each of the European Economic Community and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries for each of the last three years.
The available information for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member states, including those in the European Communities, is given in the following table:
| Civilian Employment, Thousand | |||
| Change 1981–82 | Change 1982–83 | Change 1983–84 | |
| Canada | -362 | 90 | 266 |
| United States | -871 | 1,308 | 4,171 |
| Japan* | 570 | 950 | 330 |
| Australia | 39 | -114 | 182 |
| New Zealand | 16 | na | na |
| Austria* | 98 | -30 | na |
| Belgium | -49 | -36 | na |
| Denmark | -1 | 21 | na |
Change 1981–82
| Change 1982–83
| Change 1983–84
| |
| Finland | 23 | 13 | 24 |
| France | 15 | -145 | Na |
| Germany | -466 | -410 | -41 |
| Greece | -38 | 17 | Na |
| Iceland | 1 | Na | Na |
| Ireland | 2 | -22 | Na |
| Italy | -64 | 53 | 339 |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | Na |
| Netherlands | -21 | -55 | Na |
| Norway* | 14 | 11 | 13 |
| Portugal* | -10 | Na | Na |
| Spain | -55 | -71 | -423 |
| Sweden* | -6 | 5 | 31 |
| Switzerland* | -21 | -39 | na |
| Turkey | 124 | na | na |
| United Kingdom | -419 | -299 | 375 |
* Figures include Armed Forces. | |||
| na = not available. | |||
Source: OECD 'Labour Force Statistics' and 'Quarterly Labour Force Statistics', SOEC 'Employment and Unemployment', and for United Kingdom 'Employment Gazette'.