To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what percentage of employed workers were employed in the service sector in (a) 1979 and (b) 1989 in the United Kingdom, France and the Federal Republic of Germany;(2) what percentage of employed workers are employed in manufacturing industries in
(a) 1979 and (b) 1989 in the United Kingdom, France and the Federal Republic of Germany.
The available information is shown in the table.
1 Latest figures available are for 1988. | ||||
2 Latest figures available are for 1986. | ||||
3 Civilian work force in employment consists of employees in employment, the self-employed and participants on work related Government training schemes. Major divisions of economic activity are defined in the Standard Industrial Classification 1980 (for the United Kingdom) and in the International Standard Industrial Classification (for France and the Federal Republic of Germany). |
Source: OECD Labour Force Statistics 1968–1988 and OECD Quarterly Labour Force Statistics No. 4, 1990 except United Kingdom (ed.)
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of employees in the service sector are married women in the (a) United Kingdom, (b) France and (c) the Federal Republic of Germany.
The information is shown in the table.
| Employees in employment1 | |
| Per cent. of married women employed in the service sector in 19882 | |
| United Kingdom | 38·3 |
| France | 31·7 |
| Federal Republic of Germany | 26·3 |
| Source: Eurostat Labour Force Survey Results 1988 | |
| 1 Major divisions of economic activity are defined in the Standard Industrial Classification 1980 (for the United Kingdom) and in the International Standard Industrial Classification (for France and the Federal Republic of Germany). | |
| 2 Latest comparable figures available are for 1988 | |