Employment: Females Mrs. Maria Miller To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of women who work (a) between one and five, (b) between six and 10, (c) between 11 and 15, (d) between 16 and 20, (e) between 21 and 25, (f) between 25 and 30, (g) between 31 and 35 and (h) over 35 hours a week in each year since 1997. Angela E. Smith I have been asked to reply. The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply. Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated 28 January 2010: As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what estimate has been made of the proportion of women who work (a) between one and five, (b) between six and 10, (c) between 11 and 15, (d) between 16 and 20, (e) between 21 and 25, (f) between 25 and 30, (g) between 31 and 35 and (h) over 35 hours a week in each year since 1997. (313558) The table provided shows the usual weekly hours worked by women as published in the monthly Labour Market Statistical Bulletin, accessible via the link below. Estimates for the more detailed categories requested are not available on a basis consistent with those published. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=1944 As with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) are subject to a margin of uncertainty. Indications of the sampling variability of LFS aggregate estimates are provided in the Statistical Bulletin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Percentage | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Less than 6 hours|6 up to 15 hours|16 up to 30 hours|31 up to 45 hours|Over 45 hours| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1997 |3.1|13.9|27.3|45.3|10.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1998 |3.0|14.1|27.2|45.6|10.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1999 |3.0|13.2|27.7|45.8|10.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2000 |2.7|13.1|28.7|45.4|10.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2001 |2.5|12.4|28.9|46.3|9.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002 |2.5|12.0|29.1|46.1|10.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003 |2.5|12.2|29.6|46.0|9.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004 |2.3|11.9|29.6|46.7|9.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005 |2.2|11.2|29.6|47.6|9.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2006 |2.5|11.4|29.6|46.8|9.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2007 |2.2|11.4|29.3|47.5|9.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2008 |2.3|10.7|30.1|47.3|9.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2009 |2.3|11.0|30.8|46.3|9.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Main job only including paid and unpaid overtime.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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------