HC Deb 22 January 1986 vol 90 c202W
Mr. Thurnham

asked the Paymaster General when details of the registered self-employed seeking work will be published.

Mr. Alan Clark

According to the labour force survey, in the spring of 1984 there were about 100,000 people in Great Britain without jobs seeking work who had been self employed in their previous job held within the previous three years, and who were included in the unemployment count.

Mr. John Fraser

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report the number of unemployed in the Gravesham constituency expressed as a percentage of the working population of each ward.

Mr. Alan Clark

Unemployment rates are not calculated for areas smaller than travel-to-work areas.