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Female Employees

Volume 228: debated on Monday 12 July 1993

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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list by region the percentage of women currently employed in the labour market giving the comparable figures for (a) five and (b) 10 years ago.

The information is shown in the following table:

Percentage of females in the civilian workforce in employment Not seasonally adjusted
March 1983March 1988March 1993
South East (including Greater London)414346
Greater London414244
East Anglia384345
South West404346
West Midlands404245
East Midlands404346
Yorkshire and Humberside414446
North West434447
North414446
Wales404345
Scotland424446
Northern Ireland424446