HC Deb 02 April 1985 vol 76 c537W
63. Mr. Leigh

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what recent studies his Department has made about the effect of changing demographic factors in the composition of the potential labour force on the level of unemployment.

Mr. Alan Clark

The Department's estimates and projections of the labour force, taking account of changing demographic and other factors, are published from time to time: most recently inEmployment Gazette in February and August 1984. The size and composition of the labour force are among the many influences on the level of unemployment: my Department has made no recent study of these specific influences.