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Labour Statistics

Volume 224: debated on Thursday 6 May 1993

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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list the total labour force, the numbers unemployed and the numbers self-employed and employed in manufacturing and service sectors by standard industrial classification of the employment source in (a) 1963, (b) 1974, (c) 1979 and (d) the most recent period for which information is available; and what were the percentage changes in each sector between each of those successive dates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many (a) men and (b) women have been in continuous employment in the same job for (i) six months, (ii) one year, (iii) two years, (iv) three years, (v) four years and (vi) five years; and what is the breakdown of the figures between manufacturing industry and the retail trades.

Great Britain, Autumn 1992 not seasonally adjusted.
Thousands
All in EmploymentManufacturing industryRetail trade
MenWomenMenWomenMenWomen
6 months or more12,4849,8853,4711,3079761,438
1 year or more11,7379,0903,2881,2138951,296
2 years or more10,5857,7933,0121,0707621,052
5 years or more7,4314,7162,118632467571

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will publish the latest figures for employment of people with disabilities, as a proportion of the total work force, for (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector, and for employment classifications within these sectors; and if she will make a statement.