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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in research science in each year since 1 January 1996. [132332] Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Ms Gillan, dated 21 October 2003: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about people employed in research science since 1996. (132332) The attached table shows the number of people employed in four occupational groups that comprise workers in research science. This data is derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and is only available from Spring 2001, when the last major change to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC2000) was implemented. Estimates for previous years have not been given as they are not available on a consistent basis. This is because the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC)2000 classification was introduced to the LFS in spring (March to May) 2001 and is not comparable with the SOC90 classification used in earlier periods. People employed in research science occupations1 United Kingdom, March to May 2001, 2002, 2003 not seasonally adjusted Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2001 2002 2003 All research science occupations 837 852 833 211 Science Professionals 120 117 117 212 Engineering Professionals 427 429 443 311 Science and Engineering 273 290 258 Technicians 2321 Scientific researchers 17 16 14 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 People whose occupation in their main job is Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) 2000 codes 211, 212, 213, or 2321. These LFS estimates have not been adjusted to reflect the 2001 Census results Source: ONS Labour Force Survey

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

132332; 411 c487-8W;411 c491-2W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Staff Research Science

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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