Labour Force Survey

HC Deb 17 March 1987 vol 112 cc444-5W

Mr. Fallon

asked the Paymaster General when he will publish the results of the 1986 labour force survey.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

My Department is publishing today the preliminary results of the survey, and revised employment estimates incorporating those results, so that the latest figures can be given to hon. Members in the "Financial Statement and the Budget Report". A copy of the information being published, which will be reproduced in the April edition of the Employment Gazette, is being placed in the Library.

The 1986 results show that the number of those without a job, using a definition of unemployment which follows the recommended guidelines of the International Labour Organisation, still remains below 3 million.