Retail Trade
(asked on 25th April 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people were employed in the retail sector in each of the last 10 years, and what estimate they have made of the number of people who will be employed in that sector over the next 10 years.
The number of jobs (both employees and self-employed) in the retail sector in each of the last ten years and the proportion of total UK Workforce Jobs is given in the table below:
Year | Workforce Jobs (‘000s) | % of UK Total |
2006 | 3,189 | 10.0% |
2007 | 3,194 | 10.0% |
2008 | 3,218 | 9.9% |
2009 | 3,127 | 9.8% |
2010 | 3,076 | 9.7% |
2011 | 3,065 | 9.7% |
2012 | 3,098 | 9.6% |
2013 | 3,084 | 9.4% |
2014 | 3,126 | 9.4% |
2015 | 3,159 | 10.0% |
Source: UK Employees Jobs and Self Employed Jobs (ONS)
Her Majesty’s Government has not made forecasts of future job levels in the retail sector.