§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report tables for each month from and including October 1981 comparing unemployment figures for each region in the United Kingdom on the new basis—claimants—and old basis—registration—and for each region in each month an analysis of the difference broken down by the following categories: (a) registered non-claimants, (b) severely disabled, and (c) in respect of the changed method of counting.
§ Mr. AlisonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.