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Mr. Redmond
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.
Miss Widdecombe
The information is shown in the following table:
Percentage of females in the civilian workforce in employment Not seasonally adjusted | |||
March 1983 | March 1988 | March 1993 | |
South East (including Greater London) | 41 | 43 | 46 |
Greater London | 41 | 42 | 44 |
East Anglia | 38 | 43 | 45 |
South West | 40 | 43 | 46 |
West Midlands | 40 | 42 | 45 |
East Midlands | 40 | 43 | 46 |
Yorkshire and Humberside | 41 | 44 | 46 |
North West | 43 | 44 | 47 |
North | 41 | 44 | 46 |
Wales | 40 | 43 | 45 |
Scotland | 42 | 44 | 46 |
Northern Ireland | 42 | 44 | 46 |