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Written Question
Hospitality Industry: Staff
Monday 23rd October 2023

Asked by: Justin Tomlinson (Conservative - North Swindon)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people employed in the UK hospitality industry in each of the last five years.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish a large range of labour market statistics, including releases that track the number of workers employed in the hospitality sector.

The ONS publish a detailed guide to using these statistics. As the guidance states, due to the survey design the preferred source for statistics at the industry level is the ONS JOBS02 workforce jobs by industry.

Data is also available from NOMIS, the official website for labour market statistics run by the University of Durham on behalf of the ONS.


Written Question
Retail Trade: Staff
Monday 23rd October 2023

Asked by: Justin Tomlinson (Conservative - North Swindon)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people employed in the UK retail industry in each of the last five years.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish a large range of labour market statistics, including releases that track the number of workers employed in the retail sector. The ONS publish a detailed guide to using these statistics. As the guidance states, due to the survey design the preferred source for statistics at the industry level is the ONS JOBS02 workforce jobs by industry.

Data is also available from NOMIS, the official website for labour market statistics run by the University of Durham on behalf of the ONS.