§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will arrange for the monthly unemployment statistics in future to incorporate a breakdown according to (a) the age, (b) the sex, (c) the educational and other qualifications and (d) the previous trade or profession, of each unemployed person; and if he will arrange for such information to be made available on a regional and travel-to-work area basis.
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§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe monthly unemployment statistics are already available analysed by sex, for regions and local areas, including travel-to-work areas. More detailed figures by age and duration are also available quarterly, and the full range of analysis will shortly be available for the travel-to-work areas and other areas defined in terms of wards. The records on which the unemployment count is based do not include details of qualifications or previous trades or professions because these are not needed for the purposes of administering benefits, and we have no plans to provide such an extension of the statistics. The labour force survey collects information about the qualifications, previous occupation and previous industry of people who are not working and are looking for work, but the sample size is too small to provide estimates at local level.