§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of qualified social workers(a) in employment and (b) unemployed, for the last three years for which figures are available;
Foreign nationals: in employment by whether working full/part time, and ILO unemployed by whether claiming benefit: United Kingdom, spring 1992 (not seasonally adjusted). Thousands In employment ILO unemployed1 Full-time Part-time Total2 Claiming benefit Not claiming benefit Total3 EC Nationals 322 95 418 29 19 51 Commonwealth nationals 240 60 304 30 26 55 Non-Commonwealth nationals 161 41 203 23 15 38 1 Unemployed based on the internationally agreed ILO definition. Such respondents are also classified in the LFS according to whether or not they reported receiving unemployment related benefits. Note these estimates are not available from the Employment Department's monthly claimant count. 2 Includes a small number of persons in employment who did not state whether their employment was full or part time. 3 Includes a small number of ILO unemployed persons who did not state in the survey whether or not they were claiming benefit. Source: Labour Force Survey.