United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 4919
Retail Trade: Employment
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24 October 2019
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30 October 2019 · Answer
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30 October 2019
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to prevent job losses in the retail industry.
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24 October 2019
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to prevent job losses in the retail industry.
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30 October 2019
Answer
Retail remains a high employment sector – approximately 3 million jobs in the UK. More people are involved in retailing than in any other single industry in the country. There were 84,000 vacancies in the retail sector as of August 2019. In 2018, Governme...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2019-10-24/4919
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1156127
- uk · wq-1156127 · source updated 30 October 2019