§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons in each of the past five years have appealed against having unemployment benefit refused to them on the basis that they are deemed to be seasonal workers.
§ Mr. WhitneyI have been asked to reply.
The information requested cannot be obtained quickly because of the effects of the Newcastle computer strike, now ended, which will take some time to resolve. I will, therefore, reply to the hon. Member when the information is available.
Table 1 Local authority: energy conservation programme Number of dwellings Work completed by: Direct labour Contractor Temporary employment programmes* All Cost £000 1978 2nd quarter — — 330 330 21.9 3rd quarter 449 645 748 1,842 114.4 4th quarter 1,626 4,309 3,072 9,007 542.5 1979 1st quarter 2,267 24,624 5,102 31,993 1,475.0 2nd quarter 862 10,758 5,225 16,845 680.1 3rd quarter 812 7,042 6,928 14,782 576.5 4th quarter 2,837 9,899 7,407 20,143 1,094.7 1980 1st quarter 2,291 25,422 5,593 33,306 1,973.4 2nd quarter 74 9,084 3,875 13,033 750.9 3rd quarter — 6,987 3,619 10,606 632.5 4th quarter 664 9,801 5,410 15,875 1,015.9 1981 1st quarter 1,089 17,567 4,365 23,021 1,375.6 2nd quarter — 8,512 3,932 12,444 639.6 3rd quarter — 4,049 3,965 8,014 269.0 4th quarter 653 6,321 4,005 10,979 467.8 1982 1st quarter 837 19,224 2,306 22,367 1,113.2 2nd quarter 1,283 4,889 2,054 8,226 336.4 3rd quarter — 2,945 1,980 4,925 126.2 4th quarter 74 4,015 2,120 6,209 364.8 1983 1st quarter 249 17,926 699 18,874 1,309.9 2nd quarter — 4,559 1,900 6,459 303.1 3rd quarter — 8,557 1,145 9,702 436.5 4th quarter 13 7,002 1,472 8,487 515.3 1984 1st quarter 72 8,790 4,026 12,888 1,045.6 2nd quarter — 2,603 1,680 4,283 176.2 3rd quarter 20 2,302 1,316 3,638 120.7 4th quarter† — — — — —