Employment Ms Keeble To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) men and (b) women were in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employment in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. Kevin Brennan The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated March 2009: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) men and (b) women were in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employment in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. [262427] The requested information is shown in the attached table. This information is updated monthly as part of the Labour Market Statistics First Release and can be found on the Office for National Statistics website at the following address. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/OnlineProducts/LMS_FR_HS.asp The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thousand | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |People|Men|Women| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Period |Full-time|Part-time|Full-time|Part-time|Full-time|Part-time| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |November to January 2008 |21,946|7,508|14,119|1,798|7,827|5,710| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December to February 2008 |21,996|7,498|14,141|1,789|7,855|5,709| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |January to March 2008 |22,003|7,497|14,158|1,790|7,845|5,707| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February to April 2008 |22,009|7,497|14,164|1,795|7,846|5,701| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |March to May 2008 |22,062|7,479|14,178|1,775|7,884|5,704| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April to June 2008 |22,013|7,492|14,132|1,805|7,881|5,687| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May to July 2008 |22,002|7,490|14,101|1,820|7,901|5,670| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June to August 2008 |21,910|7,509|14,029|1,838|7,881|5,671| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |July to September 2008 |21,908|7,499|14,029|1,834|7,879|5,666| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |August to October 2008 |21,880|7,497|13,983|1,845|7,897|5,652| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |September to November 2008 |21,821|7,572|13,993|1,846|7,828|5,726| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |October to December 2008 |21,829|7,532|13,969|1,860|7,860|5,672| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Full-time and part-time employment is based on respondents' self-classification.Note:It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc).Source:Labour Force Survey| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------