Job Creation: Private Sector
Treasury
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras, Labour)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the increase in private sector jobs was represented by the contracting out of former public sector jobs in each of the last three quarters.
Nick Hurd (Parliamentary Secretary (Civil Society), Cabinet Office; Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, Conservative)
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 October 2011
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what proportion of the increase in private sector jobs was represented by the contracting out of former public sector jobs in each of the last three quarters. 73403
I regret that the requested information is not available from any of the sources used for official labour market statistics.