§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average length of time for which people are on sickness and invalidity benefit; and how this compares with the average time on a similar date in each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. PrenticeMeaningful information of the sort requested cannot readily be supplied because of difficulties in dealing
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES Postings in Maintained Schools Year Local Education Authority 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 (estimate) Avon 62 65 65 65 65 65 Bedfordshire 59 59 30 30 31 30 Berkshire 56 57 51 48 46 42 Buckinghamshire 44 44 33 33 33 31 Cambridgeshire 38 40 40 41 40 22 Cheshire 59 66 73 77 76 76 Cleveland 14 30 32 32 32 33 Cornwall 32 33 35 36 36 0 Cumbria 45 45 0 0 0 0 Derbyshire 78 49 52 44 45 45 Devon 43 45 44 44 46 40 Dorset 53 52 43 43 44 30 Durham 25 1 1 1 1 1 East Sussex 19 21 11 13 13 1 Essex 144 159 80 160 156 40 Gloucestershire 42 3 3 2 2 2 Hampshire 48 50 22 18 42 12 Hereford and Worcester 2 2 1 0 0 1 Hertfordshire 109 120 114 113 114 113 Humberside 102 102 63 63 63 63 Isle of Wight 7 4 7 8 8 8 Kent 137 145 162 142 117 142 Lancashire 146 88 4 3 11 11 Leicestershire 46 43 42 42 47 4 Lincolnshire 41 24 23 25 24 25 Norfolk 40 40 30 30 25 0 North Yorkshire 57 54 57 56 56 57 Northamptonshire 52 60 55 56 59 46 Northumberland 21 20 20 21 23 23 Nottinghamshire 80 0 0 0 0 0 Oxfordshire 41 45 0 20 20 22 Shropshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Somerset 10 10 10 0 0 0 Staffordshire 70 97 2 3 4 2 Suffolk 25 25 25 25 24 24 Surrey 122 0 0 22 22 22 Warwickshire 27 34 0 0 0 0 West Sussex 61 59 15 17 18 21 Wiltshire 47 47 2 0 38 41 COUNTIES (TOTAL) 2,104 1,838 1,247 1,333 1,381 1,095 with spells containing more than one benefit. When information is available I shall write to the. Member.