§ 51. Mr. Alex Carlileasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he keeps statistics on the number of people who have moved house to secure employment.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is not available in the form requested. Results of the labour force survey conducted in the spring of 1984 indicate that some 760,000 people of working age had moved at some time within the previous 12 months because of their job or to look for work. This figure includes those who moved with an existing employer as well as those who moved to try and find a job.