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Mr. Meacher
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will update the information in his reply of 24 July 1989, Official Report, columns 481–82, concerning the change in civilian employment since 1979 in the United Kingdom and European Community Twelve.
Mr. Jackson
Employment estimates are not yet available for many EC countries after 1988. The changes in total civilian employment for the United Kingdom and the EC as a whole between 1979 and 1988 are shown in the table.
| Changes in Civilian Employment: 1979 to 1988 | ||
| Thousands | Per cent. | |
| United Kingdom | 525 | +2·1 |
| EC12 | 4,546 | +3·7 |
Source: United Kingdom (ED), Other EC countries OECD Labour Force Statistics 1968–1988.