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Mr. Lee : The available information is published in part E table 115 and part F table 175 of the 1988 new earnings survey report, for full-time employees and female part-time employees respectively. A copy of the report is in the Library. Information on part-time male employees is available only for Great Britain : 54.5 per cent. of part-time male employees in the 1988 new earnings survey sample earned less than £2.80 per hour.
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the smallest geographical unit for which information on the number and percentage of employees earning less than £2.80 per hour is available.
Mr. Lee : Information on the distribution of earnings of employees in the new earnings survey sample is available for the standards regions of England plus Scotland and Wales, for full-time employees and part-time female employees. Equivalent information on part-time male employees is available only for Great Britain as a whole.
Tourism
83. Mr. Fearn : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate he has made of the contribution made to Britain's economy by the tourist industry.
Mr. Lee : The total turnover of tourism in the United Kingdom in 1988 was estimated to be some £19 billion.
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of (a) jobs, (b) full-time jobs and (c) part-time jobs in all tourism-related industries for each year for 1978 to the latest date available.
Mr. Lee : The available information is given in the following tables. Table 1 shows the number of employees in employment in all tourism- related industries in Great Britain in June of each year from 1978 to 1988. Table 2 is based on information from the labour force survey and shows the number of self-employed people in the hotel and
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catering industry in Great Britain in the spring of each of those years from 1978 to 1988 in which a labour force survey took place. Separate figures for full-time and part-time self- employed people are not available.
Table 1
Employees in employment in all tourism-related industries
in Great
Britain
Thousands
June of eacMales<1> Females Total
|Full-time|Part-time
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1978 |428 |232 |436 |1,097
1979 |445 |242 |467 |1,154
1980 |455 |241 |488 |1,183
1981 |443 |234 |474 |1,152
1982 |448 |241 |484 |1,173
1983 |443 |219 |481 |1,143
1984 |465 |229 |508 |1,202
1985 |515 |248 |529 |1,291
1986 |524 |257 |536 |1,318
1987 |534 |276 |548 |1,358
1988 |567 |304 |554 |1,424
<1> separate figures for full-time and part-time male
employees are not available.
Table 2
Self-employed people in the hotel and catering industry in Great
Britain
Spring of each year |SIC (68) Minimum List
|Headings 884 to 888
|Thousands
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1978 |n/a
1979 |<1>100
|SIC (80) class 66
1980 |n/a
1981 |145
1982 |n/a
1983 |142
1984 |169
1985 |170
1986 |185
1987 |180
1988 |183
n/a=not available
<1> not strictly comparable with later years
Local Enterprise Agencies
85. Mr. Bellingham : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any information as to the current level of use of local enterprise agencies.
Mr. Cope : Local enterprise agencies are independent private sector- led organisations. Information on the use made of them is not collected by the Government. I understand, however, that a recent business in the community survey estimates that the 314 agencies which they recognise undertook 250,000 counselling sessions last year, thereby assisting 50,000 small businesses.
BAT Bid
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment he has made of the number of jobs that will be created if the Hoylake bid for BAT is successful ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lee : We have made no assessment of job gains and losses that could result from the Hoylake/BAT takeover bid.
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Deptford Skillcentre
Ms. Harman : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many TOPS trainees were trained at Deptford skillcentre during 1986 ; how many achieved skilled status ; and how many were placed in employment.
Mr. Nicholls : In 1986-87, 605 trainees completed the courses at Deptford skillcentre. Of these, 465 were trained for skilled occupations. A total of 393 trainees were placed in employment.
Employment Rehabilitation Services
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if, pursuant to the reply to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe on 21 June, Official Report, column 186, he will make it his policy that the employment rehabilitation services of his Department should remain within the public sector.
Mr. Lee [holding answer 5 July 1989] : A wide-ranging review of services for people with disabilities has been undertaken by this Department. A consultation exercise will be undertaken before any final decisions are taken.
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Job Interview Guarantee Initiative
39. Mr. Summerson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment in which inner-city areas the new job interview guarantee initiative is on offer ; and if he will make a statement.
50. Mr. Sayeed : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment in which inner-city areas the new job interview guarantee initiative is on offer ; and if he will make a statement.
63. Mr. Batiste : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what response he has had to the job interview guarantee initiative ; and if he will make a statement.
65. Mr. Cash : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what response he has had to the job interview guarantee initiative ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lee [holding answer 20 June 1989] : I refer my hon. Friends to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton, South (Mr. Devlin) on 14 July 1989, Official Report, column 654.
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