To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) men and (b) women were in employment in Wales in each year since 1984; and if he will indicate the number which were (a) full-time employees, (b) part-time employees, (c) full-time self-employed, (d) part-time self-employed and (e) on Government employment and training programmes.
Figures for men and women in employment and those on work-related Government training programmes may be accessed on-line by the staff in the Library of the House, although information distinguishing between full and part-time male employment was available in census of employment years only prior to 1989.Estimates of the number of self-employed which are derived from the labour force survey and which may be subject to sampling variability are given in the table:
| Self-employed | ||||
| Thousands | ||||
| Men | Women | |||
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-lime | Part-time | |
| 1984 | 107 | 1 | 25 | 11 |
| 1985 | 96 | 1 | 21 | 12 |
| 1986 | 104 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| 1987 | 86 | 1 | 25 | 14 |
| 1988 | 94 | 1 | 24 | 13 |
| 1989 | 134 | 11 | 24 | 16 |
| 1990 | 121 | 1 | 23 | 15 |
| 1991 | 117 | 1 | 25 | 13 |
| 1992 | 121 | 1 | 22 | 17 |
Source: Labour Force Survey, spring of each year.
1 Estimates below 10,000 are not thought to be sufficiently reliable to be published.