§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the number of persons registered as unemployed who are caught in the unemployment trap by being either worse off or little better off working bearing in mind taxation, national insurance contribution and the cost of getting to work.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI regret that information is not available in the form requested. There will be some relevant data for publication from the analysis of information obtained in the Cohort study of unemployed men. We anticipate that this data will be ready for publication towards the end of this year.