§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Paymaster General, further to his answer on 6 May, Official Report, column 34, regarding the errors made by Central Regional council in submitting its returns for the 1981 census of employment, if he will list the effects on all the relevant travel-to-work areas of the published unemployment figures.
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Paymaster General, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Norfolk North on 28 April, Official Report, column 343, why there is no information available about the number of severely disabled claimants included in the unemployment figures for the years 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available because it is not needed for the purpose of administering benefits at unemployment benefit offices and is therefore not included in the systematic records on which the statistics are based.