§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) men and (b) women together with the overall total, were in full-time employment (i) in each standard region and (ii) in Great Britain in December in each of the last 10 years; and in each case and for each year what proportion this figure represented as a percentage of the total population.
§ Mr. OppenheimThe information can be obtained from the NOMIS database, which is available in the Library. However, the full-time, part-time regional breakdown should not be used prior to June 1991 as the information is invalid.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide available information on the proportion of people who(a) leave the register within three months, (b) leave the register to enter a job within three months and (c) leave the register to become economically inactive within three months and have been unemployed for (i) six months, (ii) one year and (iii) two years.
§ Mr. Oppenheim[holding answer 12 December 1994]: It is estimated that about half of all people who become claimant unemployed leave the count within three months and two thirds within six months. Information is not routinely available on the destinations of those leaving claimant unemployment but past surveys indicate that the 702W majority of people go into jobs. Information on those who leave the count within three months of reaching certain duration thresholds is given in the following table:
People leaving claimant unemployment by duration (GB) Duration of unemployment Percentage Who Unemployment within a further Duration of unemployment 3 months Six months 36.5 One year 35.2 Two years 24.5