HC Deb 23 May 1990 vol 173 cc228-31W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details for Great Britain and for the west midlands region, for each year from April 1986 to the most recent date, of the total number of(a) three-month extensions granted to YTS trainees with disabilities, (b) six-month extensions granted to YTS trainees with disabilities, (c) initial training places taken up by YTS trainees with disabilities, (d) adaptions to premises and equipment grants applied for by youth training schemes, (e) adaptions to premises and equipment grants granted to youth training schemes, (f) successful applications to the special aids to employment scheme granted to youth training schemes, (g) personal reader services for the blind provided to trainees on youth training schemes, (h) communication services for the deaf provided to trainees on youth training schemes and (i) residential training awards provided to trainees on youth training schemes.

Mr. Nicholls

This information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) from the 1989 labour force survey, by standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain as a whole, by male, female and total how many people who were not unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they had not actively looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were not available to start work within two weeks, but who stated that they would like a job if one was available, expressed a preference for(a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preference;

(2) from the 1989 labour force survey, by standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain as a whole, by male, female and total how many people who were not unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they were not available to start work within two weeks, but had actively looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and stated that they would like a job if one was available, expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preference;

(3) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were not free to start work within two weeks, but stated that they would like a job if one was available, expressed a preference for (a) work as an employee, (b) work as self-employed, or (c) expressed no preference;

(4) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they were not available to start work within two weeks, but had actively sought work within the four weeks prior to interview, and stated that they would like a job if one was available, expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preference;

(5) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain claiming benefit as unemployed who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/ OECD guidelines on the grounds that they were not free to start work within two weeks, had looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, and stated that they would like a job if one were available, were in each of the categories (a) students, (b) long-term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason;

(6) from the 1989 labour force survey, by standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain as a whole, by male, female and total, how many people who were not unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they had not actively looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, but who stated that they would like a job if one was available, and were available to start work within two weeks, expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preference;

(7) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, but stated that they would like a job if one was available, and were free to start work within two weeks, expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) no preference;

(8) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were free to start work within two weeks, and stated that they would like a job if one was available, were in each of the categories (a) students, (b) long-term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason;

(9) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people counted as unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preferences;

(10) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain claiming benefit as unemployed who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/ OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were not free to start work within two weeks, stated that they would like a job if one was available and were in each of the categories: (a) students, (b) long-term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason;

(11) from the 1989 labour force survey, by standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain as a whole, by male, female and totals how many people were unemployed according to International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development definitions and wanting (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work and (c) expressed no preference;

(12) from labour force survey data for each Spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people were not counted as unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were not free to start work within two weeks, but stated that they would like a job if one was available, expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preference;

(13) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were not free to start work within two weeks, stated that they would like a job if one was available and were in each of the categories: (a) students, (b) long-term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason;

(14) from the 1989 labour force survey, by standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain by male, female and total, how many people unemployed according to International Labour Organisation/ Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development definitions wanted full-time work, part-time work, or expressed no preference;

(15) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, but stated that they would like a job if one was available, and were free to start work within two weeks, expressed a preference for (a) work as an employee, (b) work as self-employed, or (c) expressed no preference;

(16) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, for each standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain by male, female and total, how many people were not counted as unemployed according to ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they were not free to start work within two weeks, had actively looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, and stated they would like a job if one was available;

(17) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they were not free to start work within two weeks, had looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, and stated that they would like a job if one was available, were in each of the categories: (a) students, (b) long-term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason;

(18) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people were not counted as unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they were not available to start work within two weeks, had actively sought work within the four weeks prior to interview, stated that they would like a job if one was available, and expressed a preference for (a) work as an employee, (b) work as self-employed, or (c) expressed no preference;

(19) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain claiming benefit as unemployed who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/ OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, were free to start work within two weeks and stated that they would like a job if one was available, were in each of the categories: (a) students, (b) long-term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason.

Mr. Nicholls

Estimates from labour force surveys as requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.