§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the actual and percentage figures for the numbers of adult males(a) registered unemployed, (b) receiving income support and (c) economically inactive for each standard planning region.
§ Mr. McLoughlin[holding answer 17 December 1992]: The extent of the latest available information is given in the following tables.
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Table 1 Male claimant unemployed aged 16 and over (not seasonally adjusted) in November 1992
1Region Number 2 Per cent. rate South East (including Greater London) 682,597 13.2 East Anglia 61,310 10.4 South West 166,416 12.9 West Midlands 213,030 14.5 East Midlands 136,919 12.2 Yorkshire and Humberside 187,784 13.8 North West 252,333 14.4 Northern 128,716 16.2 Wales 102,530 13.5 Scotland 187,478 13.0 Northern Ireland 80,542 18.7 1 Males aged 16 and over claiming Unemployment Benefit, Income Support and National Insurance Credits at Employment Service local offices. 2 Percentage of male workforce (the sum of unemployed claimants, employees in employment, self-employed, HM forces and participants on work-related Government training schemes). Source: Employment Department.
Monthly unadjusted claimant unemployment data.
Table 2 Males aged 16 and over in receipt of Income Support in May 19913 Region Number 1 Percentage England2 1,645,000 8.9 Wales 111,000 10.4 Scotland 209,000 10.8 1 Males in receipt of Income Support as a percentage of the male population aged 16 and over. Population figures were obtained from the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) and apply to mid 1991. 2 Data is not available for the standard regions of England. 3 No data is available for Northern Ireland. Source: Department of Social Security (DSS).
Income Support Statistics Annual Enquiry May 1991.
Table 3 Males aged 16 and over economically inactive in summer 19922 Region Number Percentage rate1 South East (including Greater London) 1,560,986 23.5 East Anglia 191,950 24.0 South West 471,183 26.2 West Midlands 494,279 24.6 East Midlands 391,411 25.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 501,305 26.6 North West 654,128 27.2 Northern 336,087 28.8 Wales 352,215 32.1 Scotland 481,026 25.3 1 Males economically inactive as a percentage of the male population aged 16 and over. 2 No data is available for Northern Ireland. Source: Employment Department.
Labour Force Survey summer 1992.