Employment

Baroness Hollis of Heigham
asked Her Majesty's Government:

What percentage and number of male and female staff, disaggregated by part-time and full-time work, are employed in companies employing (a) over 500 employees; (b) 50 to 500 employees; (c) five to 50 employees; and (d) fewer than five employees. [HL3747]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Baroness Vadera)
The ONS's annual business inquiry (ABI) gives a split of the total number of employees by sex, full time/part time and firm size. It does not, however, cover all sectors. Financial intermediation (approximately 1 million employees) and public administration (around 5 million employees) are excluded.

Also, the firm size breakdown in the ABI has a maximum size band of over 250 employees.

Table 1 gives the total number of employees, split by gender, full time/part time and firm size based on the 2005 ABI.

Table 2 gives the number of employees by gender, full time/part time and firm size as a percentage of the total number of employees.

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|                   |Males    |         |Females  |         |                         |
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|                   |Full Time|Part Time|Full Time|Part Time|Total Number of Employees|
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|< 5 employees   |1,014,703|212,052  |382,187  |531,320  |2,140,716                |
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|5 to 50 Employees  |2,281,440|393,470  |1,034,544|1,058,622|4,767,941                |
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|50 to 250 employees|1,709,935|206,746  |784,025  |499,343  |3,199,681                |
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|Over 250 employees |4,391,421|990,568  |2,189,245|2,108,738|9,680,025                |
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|All Sizebands      |9,397,499|1,802,836|4,390,001|4,198,023|19,788,362               |
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|                   |Males    |         |Females  |         |
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|                   |Full Time|Part Time|Full Time|Part Time|
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|< 5 employees   |5.1%     |1.1%     |1.9%     |2.7%     |
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|5 to 50 Employees  |11.5%    |2.0%     |5.2%     |5.3%     |
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|50 to 250 employees|8.6%     |1.0%     |4.0%     |2.5%     |
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|Over 250 employees |22.2%    |5.0%     |11.1%    |10.7%    |
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|All Sizebands      |47.5%    |9.1%     |22.2%    |21.2%    |
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