§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has for the number of persons seeking employment and not entitled to unemployment benefits in each month during 1990–91 and 1991–92.
§ Mr. BurtThe table shows the Employment Department's seasonally adjusted Great Britain unemployment figures for each month of the financial years 1990–91 and 1991–92, together with the numbers of unemployed claimants for each quarter receiving neither unemployment benefit nor income support.
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Month Unemployed Persons Thousands (Seasonally Adjusted) Unemployed Claimants receiving neither Unemployment Benefit nor Income Support Thousands (See note) 1990/91 April 1,498 — May 1,503 220 June 1,514 — July 1,527 — August 1,556 253 September 1,585 — October 1,628 — November 1,681 246 December 1,756 — January 1,796 — February 1,888 295 March 1,990 — 1991/92 April 2,067 — May 2,133 280 June 2,193 — July 2,262 — August 2,321 302 September 2,356 — October 2,375 — November 2,415 301 December 2,448 — January 2,503 — February 2,541 328 March 2,548 — Note:
Source is the Quarterly Analysis of Unemployed Claimants.
The figures include some persons who had claimed benefit but whose entitlement had not been established on the day of the count.
No details are available of the numbers of job seekers who do not register unemployed, or of their entitlement to unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the total numbers of(a) unemployed job seekers eligible to claim unemployment benefit and (b) persons seeking employment in each year since 1979–80.
§ Mr. BurtThe table shows the Employment Department's seasonally adjusted GB unemployment figures for each of the financial years from 1979 to 1991 together with the average numbers of persons receiving unemployment benefit:
Financial year Recipients of unemployment benefit Thousands1 Unemployed persons (seasonally adjusted) Thousands 1979–80 480 1,019 1980–81 858 1,501 1981–82 2 2,210 1982–83 987 2,518 1983–84 940 2,715 1984–85 2 2,840 1985–86 2 2,935 1986–87 923 2,950 1987–88 733 2,555 1988–89 540 2,030 1989–90 329 1,599 1990–91 358 1,660 1 Source: Quarterly analysis of unemployed claimants.
2 Data for more than one quarter not available due to industrial action in these years.
739WNo details are available of the numbers of job seekers who do not register unemployed or whether they are eligible for unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what were the administrative costs for paying out national insurance unemployment benefits for each year since 1987–88;
(2) what were the administrative costs for paying out social security benefits to unemployed families during each year since 1987–88.
§ Mr. BurtDetails of the administrative costs of social security benefits, of which unemployed families may be in receipt are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The administrative costs of paying unemployment benefit for the years 1987–88 to 1990–91, the latest year for which figures are available, are as follows:
£ million 1987–88 166 1988–89 172 1989–90 176 1990–91 182