§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest available figure for the number of school age children whose head of household has been unemployed for a period of (a) one to two years, (b) two to three years, (c) over three years and (d) over two years, respectively.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkFigures are not available in the precise form requested. According to the labour force survey conducted in the spring of 1984, there were 421,000 children in total under the age of 16 whose head of household had been unemployed for between one and two years, and 1,011,000 children whose head of household had been unemployed for two years of more. Separate figures are not available for children of school age, or unemployment durations beyond two years.