§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total annual cost to public funds of the present levels of unemployment in the Coventry travel-to-work area.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI regret that the information is not available. As my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary State for Employment said in his reply to the hon. Member for Stockport, South (Mr. McNally) on 30 June—[Vol. 7, c.355]—there is no accurate information on the cost to public funds other than the benefit cost. The latter is available on a national basis, but is not available for particular localities and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.